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Genus of beetles
Calomela
Calomela curtisi
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Chrysomelinae
Genus:
Calomela
Hope , 1840
Type species
Chrysomela curtisi
Species
See text
Synonyms
[1]
[2]
Australica
Chevrolat , 1836 (
nomen oblitum )
Callimela
Agassiz , 1846 (unnecessary emendation)
Calolina Lhoste, 1934
Carystea
Baly , 1865
Lamecola Selman, 1976
Lamprotoptera
Motschulsky , 1860
Paralepta Baly, 1878
Parastarycea Selman, 1977
Platysocia Lhoste, 1934
Pseudoparopsis
Blackburn , 1899
Starycea Selman, 1977
Tetratica Motschulsky, 1860
Calomela is a genus of beetles commonly called
leaf beetles and in the family
Chrysomelidae . They are specialist feeders on various species of
Acacia
[3] and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are
globose .
[4] Calomela includes about 45 species
[5] which are found in all states of Australia.
[6]
Calomela satelles
The genus includes the following species:
Calomela acaciae (Lea, 1916)
Calomela acervata (Blackburn, 1889)
Calomela aeneonitens (Clark, 1865)
Calomela apicalis Blackburn, 1889
Calomela australica (Blackburn, 1893)
Calomela bartoni (Baly, 1856)
Calomela cingulata (Baly, 1856)
Calomela colorata (Germar, 1848)
Calomela crassicornis (Fabricius, 1775)
Calomela curtisi (Kirby, 1818)
Calomela distinguenda Blackburn, 1889
Calomela eyrei Blackburn, 1890
Calomela foveicollis (Baly, 1878)
Calomela fugitiva Lea, 1903
Calomela fulvilabris (Germar, 1848)
Calomela gloriosa Lea, 1903
Calomela imperialis Blackburn, 1893
Calomela inornata (Baly, 1865)
Calomela intemerata Lea, 1903
Calomela ioptera (Baly, 1856)
Calomela jansoni (Baly, 1865)
Calomela juncta Lea, 1903
Calomela laticollis Lea, 1916
Calomela macleayi (Boisduval, 1835)
Calomela maculicollis (Boisduval, 1835)
Calomela micans (Baly, 1876)
Calomela moorei Chu & Reid, 2018
Calomela nigra Lea, 1903
Calomela nigripennis Lea, 1903
Calomela nitidipennis (Boisduval, 1835)
Calomela pallida (Baly, 1856)
Calomela parilis Lea, 1903
Calomela picticornis Lea, 1929
Calomela pubiceps (Lea, 1916)
Calomela pulchella (Baly, 1856)
Calomela regalis Lea, 1915
Calomela relicta Reid, 1989
Calomela ruficeps (Boisduval, 1835)
Calomela satelles Blackburn, 1893
Calomela selmani Daccordi, 2003
Calomela sumptuosa (Selman, 1976)
Calomela suturalis (Jacoby, 1885)
Calomela tarsalis Blackburn, 1889
Calomela testacea Lhoste, 1934
Calomela vacillans Lea, 1915
Calomela vittata (Baly, 1856)
Calomela waterhousei (Baly, 1864)