| Colaspis Temporal range:
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| Colaspis brunnea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Colaspis Fabricius, 1801[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chrysomela flavicornis Fabricius, 1787
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Colaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily, containing over 200 species,[4] and it is known from both North and South America. A number of species from this genus are considered to be pests, such as the grape colaspis (Colaspis brunnea). Some species are known from the fossil record from the Eocene of Colorado in the United States.
- ^ Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.-Kiliae, Bibliopolium academ. novvm 1801- … JC Fabricius, 1801
- ^ Brown, W. J. (1961). "Notes on North American Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". The Canadian Entomologist. 93 (11): 967–977. doi:10.4039/Ent93967-11. S2CID 86150665.
- ^ Bechyné, J. (1950). "Les générotypes des Eumolpides de l'Amérique du Sud et du Centre avec les diagnoses des formes nouvelles (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 40: 264–292.
- ^ Agrain, F.A.; Cabrera, N.C.; Holgado, M.G.; Vicchi, F.R. (2016). "Colaspis caligula, a new species found in association with Vitis vinifera (L.) crops in Argentina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 4161 (2): 228–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4161.2.5. hdl:11336/44662. PMID 27615925.