Calomela bartoni

Calomela bartoni (common name Acacia leaf beetle)[2] is a beetle in the Chrysomelidae (leaf beetle) family, which is found in New South Wales and Victoria.[1]

Calomela bartoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Calomela
Species:
C. bartoni
Binomial name
Calomela bartoni
(Baly, 1856)
Synonyms[1]

Australica bartoni Baly, 1856
Calomela nigricornis Lea, 1903

It was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1856 as Australica bartoni,[1][3] It was redescribed as a new species, Calomela nigricornis by Arthur Mills Lea in 1903,[1][4] but in 2006 Chris Reid judged these two species to be synonymous; the appropriate genus to be Calomela; and therefore, since Baly's description was prior to that of Lea the species name became Calomela bartoni.[1][5]

Ecology

Trevor Hawkeswood reports its larvae as feeding on Acacia decurrens.[6]

References

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