''Colaspina'' is a genus of

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

Eumolpinae The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. ...

. It contains only one species, ''Colaspina saportae'', known from

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and southern

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(

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). The species was first described from

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in 1863 by

Auguste Jean François Grenier Auguste Jean François Grenier (22 September 1814, in Andelys – 13 July 1890, in Bagnères) was a French doctor and entomologist. He studied at Rouen, then at Paris where he qualified as a doctor in 1842. He was devoted to entomology only between ...

, who dedicated it to the Marquess of Saporta. It has recently been suggested that ''Colaspina'' is possibly a sister genus to both ''

Chalcosicya ''Chalcosicya'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mainly known from the West Indies, though one species is found in southern Mexico. It has recently been thought to be a sister genus to the Mediterranean ''Colaspidea'' ...

'' and Mediterranean ''

Colaspidea ''Colaspidea'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America ( California and the southwestern United States) and the Mediterranean. It has recently been suggested that the Mediterranean species of ''Co ...

'' combined.

References

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