Craspedonta

Craspedonta
Craspedonta leayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Basiprionotini
Genus:	Craspedonta Chevrolat, 1836
Synonyms
Callipepla Agassiz, 1846 Calopepla Hope, 1840

Craspedonta is a genus of Asian leaf beetles in the tribe Basiprionotini; it was erected by Louis Chevrolat in 1836. Species have been recorded from India, Indochina and Hainan island.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:

• Craspedonta andrewesi (Weise, 1897)
• Craspedonta laotica Swietojanska & Borowiec, 2000
• Craspedonta leayana (Latreille, 1807) – type species (as Imatidium leayanum Latreille, 1807)
• Craspedonta levis Borowiec, 1993
• Craspedonta mouhoti (Baly, 1863)
• Craspedonta obscura (Weise, 1897)

References

External links

• Media related to Craspedonta at Wikimedia Commons

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