Plagiodera

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Plagiodera
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Plagiodera versicolora
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Plagiodera
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Synonyms

Pseudoparopsis Blackburn, 1899

Plagiodera is a genus of Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles). [1]

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Plagiodera versicolora

Selected species

Data sources: i = ITIS, [2] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [5]

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References

  1. "Plagiodera Dejean, 1837". National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. "Plagiodera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. "Browse Plagiodera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  4. "Plagiodera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. "Plagiodera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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