Basilepta

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Basilepta
Basilepta fulvipes, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Basilepta
Baly, 1860[1]
Type species
Basilepta longipes
Baly, 1860[1]
Synonyms[2]

Basilepta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes over 300 described species, which are widely distributed in Asia and are most diverse in the tropics.[3] A single species is known from Africa, Basilepta birungana.

Basilepta fulvipes is a pest of crops such as soybean, maize and bananas.[4] Basilepta subcostata is a major pest of bananas and plantains in India, particularly in the northeast.[5]

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