''Smaragdina militaris'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of case-bearing leaf beetle in the

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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 ...

. It is found in North America.

Subspecies

These two

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belong to the species ''Smaragdina militaris'': * ''Smaragdina militaris arizonica'' (Schaeffer, 1920)^{i c g} * ''Smaragdina militaris militaris'' (J. L. LeConte, 1858)^{i c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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