Metriopepla
Genus of leaf beetles
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Metriopepla is a monotypic genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cassidinae. It contains one species, Metriopepla inornata, that is distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.[3]
| Metriopepla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Basiprionotini |
| Genus: | Metriopepla Fairmaire, 1882 |
| Species: | M. inornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Metriopepla inornata (Waterhouse, 1877) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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