Plagiometriona

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Plagiometriona
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Plagiometriona clavata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Cassidini
Genus: Plagiometriona
Spaeth, 1899
Synonyms

Helocassis Spaeth, 1952 (disputed)

Plagiometriona is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Several species occurring in Central and North America have sometimes been classified under a separate genus, Helocassis , [1] [2] but North American researchers continue to treat Helocassis as a junior synonym. [3] [4]

Selected species

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References

  1. "Helocassis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  2. "Helocassis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  3. Genus Plagiometriona - BugGuide
  4. Tortoise Beetle Taxonomy - BugGuide