''Calomela'' is a genus of beetles commonly called

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and in the family

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. They are specialist feeders on various species of ''

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'' and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are

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. ''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 ''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 wi ...

'' (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 ''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 wi ...

'' Blackburn, 1890 * ''

Calomela foveicollis ''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 wi ...

'' (Baly, 1878) * ''

Calomela fugitiva ''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 wi ...

'' Lea, 1903 * ''

Calomela fulvilabris ''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 wi ...

'' (Germar, 1848) * ''

Calomela gloriosa ''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 wi ...

'' 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 ''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 wi ...

'' 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)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10743933 Beetles of Australia Chrysomelidae genera Chrysomelinae Taxa named by Frederick William Hope Beetles described in 1840