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Aproidini is a tribe of tortoise and leaf-mining beetles (
Cassidinae The Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. The antennae arise close to each other and some members have the pronotal and elytral edges extended to the side and covering the legs so as ...
) with three recognized species. It is a monophyletic tribe, found most closely related to Eurispini and Exothispini.Chaboo, C. S. 2007. Biology and phylogeny of Cassidinae Gyllenhal (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 305: 1–250. The known host plant is '' Eustrephus latifolius'' R. Br. Ex Ker-Gawl.


Species

*'' Aproida'' ** '' Aproida cribata'' Lea 1929 ** '' Aproida balyi'' Pascoe 1863 ** '' Aproida monteithi'' Samuelson 1989


References

Cassidinae {{Cassidinae-stub