| Metachroma Temporal range:
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| Metachroma quercatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Typophorini |
| Genus: | Metachroma Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Colaspis quercata Fabricius, 1801
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Atrachela Gistel, 1848 | |
Metachroma is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from Ontario, Canada to Mendoza, Argentina, including the Antilles (where a large number of species occur). It has also been suggested that the genus extends to the Pacific Islands, though this is not confirmed. There are about 140 described species in Metachroma, 40 of which are found north of Mexico.[2][3][4][5][6] An extinct species is also known from the Eocene of the United States.
The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek μετα ("different") and χρῶμα ("color"), referring to the variations in color pattern found within many of the species.[6]
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- ^ "Metachroma Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ "Metachroma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ "Metachroma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ "Browse Metachroma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ a b Blake, Doris H. (1970). "A Review of the Beetles of the Genus Metachroma Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 57 (57): 1–111. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.57.