Metriopepla is a monotypic genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cassidinae. It contains one species, Metriopepla inornata, that is distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Basiprionotini |
| Genus: | Metriopepla Fairmaire, 1882 |
| Species: | M. inornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Metriopepla inornata (Waterhouse, 1877)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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References edit
- ^ Waterhouse, Chas. O. (1877). "Descriptions of new or little known species of Coleoptera from various localities". Cistula Entomologica. 2: 223–230. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ Spaeth, Franz (1910). "7. Coleoptera 13. Cassidae". In Sjöstedt, Yngve (ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906 (in German). Vol. 1. Stockholm: P. Palmquists Aktiebolag. pp. 267–287. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ Grobbelaar, E.; Chaboo, C. S. (2008). "Metriopepla inornata (Waterhouse) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Basiprionotini): newly recorded from South Africa with biological notes". African Entomology. 16 (1): 134–136. doi:10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.134. S2CID 86283580.