The genus ''Babia'' comprises a number of species of

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s in the

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Cryptocephalinae The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The cases are made from the feces of larvae, passed from one instar to the next, and ultimat ...

, though historically they were often treated within a subfamily Clytrinae. The number of species in the genus is at least 12, but as there are almost as many described members which are

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(a rank which is not universally accepted), this number may be greater in some classifications.

Species

These two species belong to the genus ''Babia'': * '' Babia quadriguttata'' (Olivier, 1791)^{i c g b} (eastern babia) * '' Babia tetraspilota'' J. L. LeConte, 1858^{i c g b} (western babia) Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

Clytrini Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat {{Cryptocephalinae-stub