Calomela crassicornis

Calomela crassicornis

Calomela crassicornis is a leaf beetle found along the East coast of Australia. The black region of the elytra can vary and be almost absent.
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Naming

Synonym
Chrysomela crassicornis Fabricius, 1775
Leaf beetle - Calomelia crassicornis Australia,Calomela crassicornis,Geotagged,Summer

Distribution

Australia
Calomela crassicornis Calomela have attractively enlarged antennae, and four bristles, one on each corner of the pronotum, two can be seen on this image if you look closely. Their larvae are globose. They feed on Acacia. This boy is marked with black but can be entirely orange. Australia,Calomela,Calomela crassicornis,Geotagged,Leaf beetle,Summer,chrysomelidae

Food

This species has been recorded from a number of Acacia species, all phyllodinous, viz.
Acacia aulacocarpa
A. cincinnata
A. complanata
A. concurrens
A. holosericea
A. leiocalyx
A. leptostachya
A. melanoxylon
A. sophorae

References:

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Hawkeswood, T.J. & Monaghan, N. (2007). New host plants for Calomela crassicornis (Fabricius, 1775) and Calomela ioptera (Baly, 1856)(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with notes on two other Calomela species. Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 10: 1-4.
http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/324.pdf
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyChrysomelidae
GenusCalomela
SpeciesCalomela crassicornis
Photographed in
Australia