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Promecotheca

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Promecotheca is a genus of Asian leaf beetles, typical of the tribe Promecothecini in the subfamily Cassidinae; it was erected by Émile Blanchard in 1853.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyChrysomelidae

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Promecotheca is a genus of Asian leaf beetles, typical of the tribe Promecothecini in the subfamily Cassidinae; it was erected by Émile Blanchard in 1853.

Species are especially well represented in New Guinea and the Pacific islands; some are minor coconut pests including: Promecotheca cumingii, P. papuana ("coconut leaf miners") and P. opacicollis: the New Hebrides coconut hispid.

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