''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 ''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 australica'' (Blackburn, 1893) * ''

Calomela bartoni ''Calomela bartoni'' (common name Acacia leaf beetle) is a beetle in the Chrysomelidae (leaf beetle) family, which is found in New South Wales and Victoria. It was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1856 as ''Australica bartoni'', It wa ...

'' (Baly, 1856) * ''

Calomela cingulata ''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, 1856) * ''

Calomela colorata ''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 crassicornis ''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 ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Calomela curtisi'' (Kirby, 1818) * ''

Calomela distinguenda ''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 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 ''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, 1865) * '' Calomela intemerata'' Lea, 1903 * '' Calomela ioptera'' (Baly, 1856) * '' Calomela jansoni'' (Baly, 1865) * ''

Calomela juncta ''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 laticollis'' Lea, 1916 * ''

Calomela macleayi ''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 ...

'' (Boisduval, 1835) * '' Calomela maculicollis'' (Boisduval, 1835) * '' Calomela micans'' (Baly, 1876) * '' Calomela moorei'' Chu & Reid, 2018 * ''

Calomela nigra ''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 nigripennis'' Lea, 1903 * '' Calomela nitidipennis'' (Boisduval, 1835) * '' Calomela pallida'' (Baly, 1856) * ''

Calomela parilis ''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 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 ''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, 1864)

References

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