Platybrotica

Platybrotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Diabroticina
Genus:	Platybrotica ; Cabrera & Cabrera Walsh, 2004
Species:	P. misionensis
Binomial name
	Platybrotica misionensis; Cabrera & Cabrera Walsh, 2004

Last updated August 25, 2025

Platybrotica is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. The genus is monotypic, being represented by the single species Platybrotica misionensis, which is found in Argentina.^[1]

References

↑ Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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[1] Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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Taxon identifiers
Platybrotica	Wikidata: Q2003576 Wikispecies: Platybrotica BioLib: 1286850 GBIF: 4733280 IRMNG: 1143308 Open Tree of Life: 4603290
Platybrotica misionensis	Wikidata: Q2007507 BioLib: 1286851 iNaturalist: 1181103