Hispini | |
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Hispa atra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
Tribe: | Hispini Gyllenhal, 1813 [1] |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
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Hispini is a tribe of leaf beetles within the subfamily Cassidinae. [2] [3] They were treated as a leaf-mining subfamily of the Chrysomelidae before they were found to be paraphyletic and separated into tribes under the Cassidinae. [4] Their distribution is mainly within the Old World tropics and warmer parts of the Palaearctic. Many species feed on and breed on monocotyledonous hosts but some also use dicotyledons. The larvae of most species within the tribe are leaf miners.
Genera within the tribe include: