''Aphilenia'' is a genus of

leaf beetle The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

s in the subfamily

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. It is distributed in Central and

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as well as

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. Members of the genus are adapted to dry climates, and feed on bushes of the genus ''

Calligonum ''Calligonum'' is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with about 80 species across the Mediterranean Sea region, Asia and North America. Description Plants of the genus ''Calligonum'' are shrubs, diffusely but irregularly branched, wi ...

''. In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe

Bromiini Bromiini (or Adoxini) is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The tribe contains approximately 120 genera, which are found worldwide. They are generally thought to be an artificial group, often with a subcylindrical prothorax with ...

to the tribe Nodinini (now known as Typophorini).

Species

* Subgenus ''Aphilenia''

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''in''

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, 1889 (type species: ''Aphilenia interrupta''

''in''

, 1889) ** '' Aphilenia astakhovi'' Moseyko, 2012 – Russia:

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** ''

Aphilenia gobica ''Aphilenia'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, East Asia as well as southern Russia. Members of the genus are adapted to dry climates, and feed on bushes of the genu ...

'' Lopatin, 1970 (formerly a subspecies of ''A. interrupta'') –

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, China:

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** '' Aphilenia interrupta''

''in''

, 1889 –

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** '' Aphilenia ornata''

, 1889 –

** '' Aphilenia parvula''

''in'' Hauser, 1894 –

* Subgenus ''Pseudaphilenia'' Lopatin, 1976 (type species: ''Aphilenia hauseri''

''in'' Hauser, 1894) ** '' Aphilenia lopatini'' Moseyko, 2013 –

** '' Aphilenia mujunkumica'' Moseyko, 2013 –

** '' Aphilenia unicolor''

, 1889 (formerly a variation of ''A. interrupta''; synonym: ''A. hauseri''

''in'' Hauser, 1894) –

References

Eumolpinae Chrysomelidae genera Beetles of Asia Beetles of Europe Taxa named by Julius Weise {{Eumolpinae-stub