''Thricolema'' is a

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leaf beetle 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 ...

s in the subfamily

Synetinae The Synetinae are a small subfamily within the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). They are found entirely within the Holarctic, mainly in North America but also appearing in parts of Europe and Asia. The subfamily contains only two genera, '' Sy ...

. It contains only one species, ''Thricolema anomala'', known from

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and

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in the United States. ''Thricolema'' resembles ''

Syneta ''Syneta'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Synetinae. There are about 11 described species in ''Syneta''. The genus is entirely holarctic in distribution, with species appearing in North America, Siberia, East Asia and Northern Europ ...

'', except that the adult females of ''Thricolema'' have simple tarsal claws, whereas adults of both sexes of ''Syneta'' have bifid claws. The body of an adult is elongated and

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. Adults are associated with ''

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''.

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* Synetinae Chrysomelidae genera Monotypic beetle genera Beetles of the United States Taxa named by George Robert Crotch {{chrysomelidae-stub