Aspidimorpha

Aspidimorpha
Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis (photo taken in Imphal)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Genus: Aspidimorpha
Hope, 1840
species

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Synonyms

Aspidomorpha Agassiz, 1848 (Lapsus calami)

Aspidimorpha is a large Old World genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae; there are some 200 species. The genus name is frequently misspelled as "Aspidomorpha", due to an unjustified spelling change in 1848.

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