Cotinis

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{distinguish|text=Cotinus, a genus of flowering plant}}

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{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Green fruit beetle geranium closeup.jpg

| image_caption = Cotinis mutabilis, the figeater beetle

| taxon = Cotinis

| authority = Burmeister, 1842

| synonyms =

• Latemnis Thomson, 1880
• Cotinorrhina Schoch, 1895

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Cotinis is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae found throughout North and South America. At least two species (Cotinis mutabilis and Cotinis nitida) are common pests.{{cite web | url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1578&context=insectamundi | title=The genus Cotinis Burmeister in the eastern United States, with description of a new species from the Florida Keys, including a checklist of the genus | publisher=DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln | work=Insecta Mundi | date=December 5, 2008 | accessdate=2013-06-16 | author=Woodruff, Robert | page=9}} The genus was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1842.