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.
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== thumbnail|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)
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