Nodocolaspis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Nodocolaspis
Nodocolaspis costipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Nodocolaspis
Bechyné, 1949[1]
Type species
Colaspis costipennis
Lefèvre, 1877

Nodocolaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Central America and South America.[2] The genus was first established by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1949, as a relative of Nodonota (now known as Brachypnoea) containing species formerly placed in Colaspis.[1]

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