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Metrioidea
Sign in to saveMetrioidea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Fiji and New Caledonia. Additional species attributed to the genus are known from the Nearctic, Neotropical and Indomalayan realms, but these may actually belong to other genera. Metrioidea species from the New World are very similar to those in the genera Lilophaea, Luperodes and Monolepta.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 73
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Collections
- USNM, ASU, UNM, KU
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Guatemala
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Metrioidea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Fiji and New Caledonia. Additional species attributed to the genus are known from the Nearctic, Neotropical and Indomalayan realms, but these may actually belong to other genera. Metrioidea species from the New World are very similar to those in the genera Lilophaea, Luperodes and Monolepta.
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