Calomela is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the family Chrysomelidae. They are specialist feeders on various species of Acacia and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are globose. Calomela includes about 45 species which are found in all states of Australia.
List of species
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)
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