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Demotina modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	*Demotina* Baly, 1863
Type species
Demotina bowringii Baly, 1863
Synonyms
Leprotes Weise, 1923 (nec Baly, 1863)

Demotina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are over 50 described species in Demotina. The genus is native to Asia, Australia and Oceania, though one species (Demotina modesta) is an adventive species in the southeastern United States in North America. Some species are known to be parthenogenetic.

Species

These species belong to the genus Demotina:

Demotina albomaculata Tan, 1992
Demotina albonotata Bryant, 1931
Demotina alni Chûjô, 1956 ^g
Demotina andrewesi Jacoby, 1904
Demotina atra (Pic, 1923)
Demotina aurosquama Chûjô, 1961
Demotina australis (Weise, 1923)
Demotina bicoloriceps Tan, 1992
Demotina bifasciata Bryant, 1957
Demotina bipunctata Jacoby, 1885
Demotina bivittata Baly, 1867
Demotina bowringii Baly, 1863
Demotina ceylonensis Jacoby, 1887
Demotina collaris Eroshkina, 1992
Demotina costata Eroshkina, 1992
Demotina cylindricollis Gressitt, 1957
Demotina decorata Baly, 1874
Demotina decoratella Chûjô, 1956 ^g
Demotina difficilis Bryant, 1936
Demotina dissimilis Bryant, 1931
Demotina elegans Chûjô & Shirôzu, 1955 ^g
Demotina evansi Bryant, 1931
Demotina fasciata Baly, 1874
Demotina fasciculata Baly, 1874
Demotina flavicornis Tan & Zhou in Zhou & Tan, 1997
Demotina flavipes Bryant, 1936
Demotina fragilis Gressitt, 1957
Demotina fulva Bryant, 1931
Demotina gansuica Chen, 1940
Demotina glochidiona Gressitt, 1957
Demotina grisea Baly, 1867
Demotina imasakai Isono, 1990
Demotina inaequalis (Pic, 1927)
Demotina incostata Takizawa, 1978 ^g
Demotina inhirsuta (Pic, 1923)
Demotina irregularis Bryant, 1957
Demotina jansoni Baly, 1867
Demotina javanensis Bryant, 1946
Demotina lateralis Gahan, 1900
Demotina lewisi Jacoby, 1887
Demotina major Chûjô, 1958
Demotina medvedevi Moseyko, 2005
Demotina medvedeviana Moseyko, 2006
Demotina metallica Bryant, 1957
Demotina minuta Jacoby, 1908
Demotina minutella Moseyko, 2005
Demotina modesta Baly, 1874 ^{i c g b}
Demotina montana Chûjô, 1956 ^g
Demotina multinotata Pic, 1929
Demotina murina Baly, 1867
Demotina nodosa Bryant, 1957
Demotina obscurata Bryant, 1931
Demotina ornata Baly, 1867
Demotina pallipes Bryant, 1957
Demotina parvula Baly, 1867
Demotina pauperata Baly, 1867
Demotina piceonotata Pic, 1929
Demotina postica Chen, 1935
Demotina pseudoimasakai Park, 2013
Demotina pubescens Gressitt, 1957
Demotina pustulosa Chen, 1935
Demotina quercicola Takizawa, 2017
Demotina regularis Eroshkina, 1992
Demotina rufonotata (Pic, 1924)
Demotina rufopicea Baly, 1867
Demotina rugicollis Baly, 1867
Demotina rugosata Gressitt, 1957
Demotina sapensis Romantsov & Moseyko, 2019
Demotina sasakawai Nakane & Kimoto, 1959
Demotina serriventris Isono, 1990 ^g
Demotina silvatica Eroshkina, 1992
Demotina squamosa Isono, 1990
Demotina striata Bryant, 1957
Demotina sumatrana Jacoby, 1896
Demotina thei Chen, 1940
Demotina thoracica Jacoby, 1887
Demotina tuberosa Chen, 1935
Demotina veitchi Bryant, 1931
Demotina vernalis Isono, 1990
Demotina vietnamica Eroshkina, 1992
Demotina vitiensis Bryant, 1931
Demotina wallacei Baly, 1867
Demotina weisei Eroshkina, 1992

Synonyms:

Demotina balyi Jacoby, 1889: moved to Hyperaxis
Demotina minuta Eroshkina, 1992 (preoccupied by D. minuta Jacoby, 1908): renamed to Demotina minutella Moseyko, 2005
Demotina nigrita Eroshkina, 1992: moved to Hyperaxis
Demotina punctata Takizawa, 1978: synonym of Demotina montana Chûjô, 1956
Demotina serraticollis Baly, 1867: moved to Pseudometaxis

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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