Eurypelta
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| Eurypelta | |
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| Eurypelta modesta, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Eurypelta Lefèvre, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Euraspis vittatus (= Chrysomela modesta Fabricius, 1792) Chapuis, 1874 | |
| Synonyms | |
Eurypelta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from India.[3]
The genus was originally named Euraspis by Félicien Chapuis in 1874. However, the name was determined to be a spelling error of Euryaspis, which was preoccupied by the beetle genus Euryaspis Blanchard, 1851, so Chapuis's genus was renamed to Eurypelta by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885.[1]