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Paropsine Leaf Beetle
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Calomela curtisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Chrysomelinae
Genus:
Calomela

Hope, 1840
Species
  • Calomela acaciae
  • Calomela bartoni
  • Calomela crassicornis
  • Calomela curtisi
  • Calomela ioptera
  • Calomela pallida

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 include about 45 species and are found in all states of Australia

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Calomela satelles

See also

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