Calligrapha is a large genus of American Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles), with over 100 species occurring from North America through Central America.
Biology
Some members of the subgenus Zygogramma are agricultural pests, while others are used as biological control agents. Calligrapha exclamationis is a pest species of sunflower crops in North America. At least two species have also been used as a form of biological pest control: Calligrapha bicolorata was introduced to India as a biocontrol agent for the weed Parthenium hysterophorus, and Calligrapha suturalis was introduced to Russia as a control for Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).
Selected species
Subgenus Calligrapha (Bidensomela) <small>Monrós, 1955</small>
Subgenus Calligrapha (Calligramma) <small>Monrós, 1955</small>
Subgenus Calligrapha (Calligrapha) <small>Chevrolat, 1836</small>
- Calligrapha aeneopicta <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha alni <small>Schaeffer, 1928</small>
- Calligrapha alnicola <small>Brown, 1945</small>
- Calligrapha amator <small>Brown, 1945</small>
- Calligrapha amelia <small>Knab, 1909</small>
- Calligrapha anabelae <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2015</small>
- Calligrapha ancoralis <small>Stal, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha apicalis <small>Notman, 1919</small>
- Calligrapha argus <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha barda <small>(Say, 1835)</small>
- Calligrapha billbergi <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha catarinae <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2015</small>
- Calligrapha confluens <small>Schaeffer, 1928</small>
- Calligrapha consputa <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha discrepans <small>(Achard, 1923)</small>
- Calligrapha dislocata <small>(Rogers, 1856)</small>
- Calligrapha diversa <small>Stal, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha dolosa <small>Brown, 1945</small>
- Calligrapha elegantula <small>Jacoby, 1877</small>
- Calligrapha eupatris <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha felina <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha floridana <small>Schaeffer, 1934</small>
- Calligrapha fulvipes <small>(Gistel, 1848)</small>
- Calligrapha geographica <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha ignota <small>Brown, 1940</small>
- Calligrapha knabi <small>Brown, 1940</small>
- Calligrapha matronalis <small>Erichson, 1847</small>
- Calligrapha mexicana <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha multiguttata <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha multiplagata <small>(Achard, 1923)</small>
- Calligrapha multipunctata <small>(Say, 1824)</small>
- Calligrapha multipustulata <small> StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha ostryae <small>Brown, 1945</small>
- Calligrapha pantherina <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha panzoensis <small>Bechyné, 1952</small>
- Calligrapha pavimentata <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2016</small>
- Calligrapha philadelphica <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Calligrapha pnirsa <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha polyspila <small>(Germar, 1821)</small>
- Calligrapha pruni <small>Brown, 1945</small>
- Calligrapha rhoda <small>Knab, 1909</small>
- Calligrapha ramulifera <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha rowena <small>Knab, 1909</small>
- Calligrapha sallei <small>(Achard, 1923)</small>
- Calligrapha scalaris <small>(J.E. LeConte, 1824)</small>
- Calligrapha serpens <small>Bowditch, 1911</small>
- Calligrapha serpentina <small>(Rogers, 1856)</small>
- Calligrapha sigmoidea <small>(J.L. LeConte, 1859)</small>
- Calligrapha simillima <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha spiraeae <small>(Say, 1826)</small>
- Calligrapha stillatipennis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha suturella <small>Schaeffer, 1933</small>
- Calligrapha sylvia <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1860)</small>
- Calligrapha tiliae <small>Brown, 1945</small>
- Calligrapha verrucosa <small>(Suffrian, 1858)</small>
- Calligrapha vicina <small>Schaeffer, 1933</small>
- Calligrapha vigintimaculata <small>(Chevrolat, 1833)</small>
- Calligrapha virginea <small>Brown, 1945</small>
- Calligrapha zapoteca <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2016</small>
Subgenus Calligrapha (Erythrographa) <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small>
- Calligrapha aladina <small>Bechyné, 1954</small>
- Calligrapha femorata <small>Jacoby, 1891</small>
- Calligrapha gyllenhali <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha intermedia <small>Jacoby, 1882</small>
- Calligrapha labyrinthica <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha limbaticollis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha notatipennis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha suboculata <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha suffriani <small>Jacoby, 1882</small>
- Calligrapha synthesys <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small>
- Calligrapha thermalis <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2013</small>
- Calligrapha tortilis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha wickhami <small>Bowditch, 1911</small>
Subgenus Calligrapha (Graphicallo) <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small>
Subgenus Calligrapha (Zygogramma) <small> Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 </small>
- Calligrapha aeneovittata <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha amanda <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha arcuigera <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha arizonica <small>(Schaeffer, 1906)</small>
- Calligrapha bicolorata <small>(Pallister, 1953)</small>
- Calligrapha bigenea <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha championi <small>(Jacoby, 1879)</small>
- Calligrapha clathrata <small>(Jacoby, 1882)</small>
- Calligrapha clavareaui <small>(Bowditch, 1911)</small>
- Calligrapha conjuncta <small>(Rogers, 1856)</small>
- Calligrapha continua <small>(J.L. LeConte, 1868)</small>
- Calligrapha decempustulata <small>(Jacoby, 1891)</small>
- Calligrapha disrupta <small>(Rogers, 1856)</small>
- Calligrapha dulcis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha durangoensis <small>(Jacoby, 1891)</small>
- Calligrapha elongatula <small>(Achard, 1924)</small>
- Calligrapha esperanza <small>(Bechyné, 1952)</small>
- Calligrapha estriata <small>(Schaeffer, 1920)</small>
- Calligrapha exclamationis <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
- Calligrapha fulvitarsis <small>Jacoby, 1891</small>
- Calligrapha gracilis <small>(Jacoby, 1882)</small>
- Calligrapha guttaticollis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha guttulosa <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha heterothecae <small>(Linell, 1896)</small>
- Calligrapha hypocrita <small>(Jacoby, 1882)</small>
- Calligrapha jaliscensis <small>(Bechyné, 1952)</small>
- Calligrapha lemur <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha lentiginosa <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha lepidula <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha maculicollis <small>(Jacoby, 1891)</small>
- Calligrapha magica <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Calligrapha malvae <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Calligrapha militaris <small>(Jacoby, 1891)</small>
- Calligrapha mniszechi <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha morbillosa <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha neomexicana <small>(Clark, Douglas, & Cavan, 2024)</small>
- Calligrapha nicaraguensis <small>(Jacoby, 1882)</small>
- Calligrapha obscurofasciata <small>(Jacoby, 1891)</small>
- Calligrapha opifera <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1860)</small>
- Calligrapha ornata <small>(Jacoby, 1882)</small>
- Calligrapha pallida <small>(Bland, 1864)</small>
- Calligrapha piceicollis <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Calligrapha popa <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha pustulosa <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha quenseli <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1860</small>
- Calligrapha quinquevirgata <small>StÃÂ¥l. 1859</small>
- Calligrapha signatipennis <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Calligrapha stali <small>(Jacoby, 1882)</small>
- Calligrapha suturalis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Calligrapha thoracica <small>(Jacoby, 1891)</small>
- Calligrapha tortuosa <small>(Rogers, 1856)</small>
- Calligrapha tricolorata <small>(Pallister, 1953)</small>
- Calligrapha violaceomaculata <small>Jacoby, 1878</small>
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