- Source: Aphilenia
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 Weise in Reitter, 1889 (type species: Aphilenia interrupta Weise in Reitter, 1889)
Aphilenia astakhovi Moseyko, 2012 – Russia: Astrakhan Oblast
Aphilenia gobica Lopatin, 1970 (formerly a subspecies of A. interrupta) – Mongolia, China: Inner Mongolia
Aphilenia interrupta Weise in Reitter, 1889 – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey
Aphilenia ornata Reitter, 1889 – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
Aphilenia parvula Weise in Hauser, 1894 – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Subgenus Pseudaphilenia Lopatin, 1976 (type species: Aphilenia hauseri Weise in Hauser, 1894)
Aphilenia lopatini Moseyko, 2013 – Kazakhstan
Aphilenia mujunkumica Moseyko, 2013 – Kazakhstan
Aphilenia unicolor Reitter, 1889 (formerly a variation of A. interrupta; synonym: A. hauseri Weise in Hauser, 1894) – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
