{{Short description|Tribe of tortoise and leaf-mining beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Spilophora trigemina.jpg |image_caption = ''Spilophora trigemina'' |taxon = Spilophorini |authority = Chapuis, 1875 | synonyms = *Amplipalpini <small>Weise, 1910</small> *Oediopalpini <small>Monrós and Viana, 1947</small> }}

The Neotropical tortoise beetle tribe '''Spilophorini''' comprises only few genera, including ''Calyptocephala'' Chevrolat, 1836 (12 species) and ''Spilophora'' Boheman, 1850 (18 species).<ref>Borowiec L, and J. Świętojańska. 2002–2021. World Catalog of Cassidinae, Wrocław, Poland. URL http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/index.htm</ref> Biological information is limited but the life cycle includes six larval instars (contrasting with five instars in other tortoisebeetles) and the larvae construct a shield of their cast skins (exuviae, exoskeleton).<ref>Chaboo, C.S., S. Adam, K. Nishida, L. Schletzbaum. 2023. Architecture, construction, retention, and repair of fecal shields in three tribes of tortoise beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Cassidinae: Cassidini, Mesomphaliini, Spilophorini). ZooKeys Special Issue, Research on Chrysomelidae 9. ZooKeys 1177: 87–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1177.102600</ref><ref>Córdova-Ballona, L. & S. Sánchez-Soto. 2008. Bionomics data and descriptions of the immatures of Calyptocephala gerstaeckeri Boheman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pest of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis J.) and camedor palm (Chamaedorea elegans Mart.) (Arecaceae) in Tabasco, Mexico. Neotropical Entomology 37(6):674–680.</ref><ref>Nishida, K., L. Ferrufino-Acosta, & C.S. Chaboo. 2020. A new host plant family for Cassidinae s.l.: Calyptocephala attenuata (Spaeth, 1919) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Spilophorini) on Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Costa Rica. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96(4): 263–267.</ref>

==Genera== *''Calyptocephala'' <small>Chevrolat, 1836</small> *''Cladispa'' <small>Baly, 1858</small> *''Oediopalpa'' <small>Baly, 1858</small> *''Spilophora'' <small>Boheman, 1850 </small>

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Category:Cassidinae Category:Polyphaga tribes Category:Insects described in 1875