Chrysomelini is a tribe in the leaf beetle subfamily Chrysomelinae. There are over 150 described genera in Chrysomelini, variously arranged into subtribes, though the exact number and delimitation of these subtribes is a source of ongoing debate.
This tribe unites the "typical" leaf beetles – small to mid-sized beetles, usually with a rather rotund shape. Many Chrysomelini are among the most colorful beetles known, some rivaling jewel beetles with their shiny metallic iridescence. Other species are not metallic, but colored contrastingly; in some cases this is known or suspected to be aposematic coloration to warn insectivores that these beetles accumulate noxious chemicals from their foodplants. Some – perhaps most notoriously the invasive Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) – are dangerous crop pests, while others are useful in biocontrol of invasive weeds.
Genera
Ambrostoma koreana adults in winter quarters
Ceralces affinis from Diani Beach, Kenya
Mesoplatys cincta from Cape Skirring, Senegal
Oidosoma ornatum from Diani Beach, Kenya
Pterodunga mirabilis from Garradunga, Australia
Sclerophaedon orbicularis from Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Germany
Aeneolucentia
Aesernoides
Agasta
Ageniosa
Agrosteella
Agrosteomela
Alfius
Algoala
Ambrostoma Motschulsky, 1860
Antongilitis
Aphilon Sharp, 1876
Apterocuris
Araucanomela
Asiparopsis
Ateratocerus Blackburn, 1890
Barymela
Barymelina
Basilewskyanella
Blaptea
Caccomolpus Sharp, 1886
Cadiz
Callidemum
Calligrapha (including Bidensomela, Zygogramma)
Calomela
Camerounia
Canobolas
Centroscelis
Ceralces
Chalcolampra (= Allocharis, Cyrtonogetus, Eualema)
Chalcomela (= Cyclomela, Micromela)
Chilenomela
Chrysolina
Chrysomela
Colaphellus (= Colaphus L.Redtenbacher, 1845 (non Dejean, 1836))
Colaphinus
Colaspidema (= Colaphus Dejean, 1836)
Cosmogramma
Crosita
Cryptostetha
Cuprasoroides
Cyclonoda Baly, 1878
Cyrtonastes
Cyrtonus (= Cyrlonussa)
Cystocnemis Motschulsky, 1860
Desmogramma
Desmogrammella
Deuterocampta
Diacosma...
