Plagiometriona Clavata
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''Plagiometriona'' is a genus of
tortoise beetle 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 ...
s in the family
Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. Several species occurring in Central and North America have sometimes been classified under a separate genus, '' Helocassis'', but North American researchers continue to treat ''Helocassis'' as a junior synonym.Tortoise Beetle Taxonomy - BugGuide
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Selected species

* '' Plagiometriona ambigena'' * '' Plagiometriona bremei'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Plagiometriona buqueti'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Plagiometriona clavata'' (Fabricius, 1798) * '' Plagiometriona costaricensis'' * '' Plagiometriona crucipennis'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Plagiometriona diffusa'' * '' Plagiometriona distorta'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Plagiometriona dodonea'' * '' Plagiometriona dorsosignata'' * '' Plagiometriona flavescens'' * '' Plagiometriona flexuosa'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Plagiometriona forcipata'' * '' Plagiometriona gibbifera'' * '' Plagiometriona herbea'' * '' Plagiometriona latemarginata'' * '' Plagiometriona losi'' * '' Plagiometriona moesta'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Plagiometriona paleacea'' * '' Plagiometriona palmeirensis'' * '' Plagiometriona ramosa'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Plagiometriona sahlbergi'' * '' Plagiometriona stillata'' * '' Plagiometriona tenella'' * '' Plagiometriona tortuguilla'' * '' Plagiometriona tredecimguttata'' * '' Plagiometriona vigens'' * '' Plagiometriona zelleri'' (Boheman, 1855)


References

Cassidinae {{Cassidinae-stub