Calomela bartoni
Species of beetle
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Calomela |
| Species: | C. bartoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Calomela bartoni (Baly, 1856) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Australica bartoni Baly, 1856 | |
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]