Aphilenia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central and East Asia as well as southern Russia. Members of the genus are adapted to dry climates, and feed on bushes of the genus Calligonum. In 2012, the genus was moved from the tribe Bromiini to the tribe Nodinini (now known as Typophorini).
Species
- Subgenus Aphilenia <small>Weise in Reitter, 1889</small> (type species: Aphilenia interrupta <small>Weise in Reitter, 1889</small>)
- Aphilenia astakhovi <small>Moseyko, 2012</small> â Russia: Astrakhan Oblast
- Aphilenia gobica <small>Lopatin, 1970</small> (formerly a subspecies of A. interrupta) â Mongolia, China: Inner Mongolia
- Aphilenia interrupta <small>Weise in Reitter, 1889</small> â Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey
- Aphilenia ornata <small>Reitter, 1889</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
- Aphilenia parvula <small>Weise in Hauser, 1894</small> â Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Subgenus Pseudaphilenia <small>Lopatin, 1976</small> (type species: Aphilenia hauseri <small>Weise in Hauser, 1894</small>)
- Aphilenia lopatini <small>Moseyko, 2013</small> â Kazakhstan
- Aphilenia mujunkumica <small>Moseyko, 2013</small> â Kazakhstan
- Aphilenia unicolor <small>Reitter, 1889</small> (formerly a variation of A. interrupta; synonym: A. hauseri <small>Weise in Hauser, 1894</small>) â Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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