Calomela ioptera

Calomela ioptera

Calomela ioptera is a brown Acacia leaf beetle with blue coloring in the elytral puncturations. The puncturations tend towards random placement, particularly in the middle.
Acacia leaf beetle - Calomela ioptera Australia,Calomela ioptera,Eamw beetles,Geotagged,Spring

Naming

Synonyms
Australica ioptera Baly, 1856
Chrysomela nitidipennis Boisduval, 1835
Silver wattle leaf beetle larvae - Calomela ioptera Australia,Calomela ioptera,Eamw beetles,Geotagged,Spring

Distribution

Southeast Australia
Calomela ioptera Silver Wattle Leaf beetle Australia,Calomela ioptera,Geotagged,Summer

Food

This species has been recorded from a number of Acacia species, either phyllodinous or bipinnate, viz.
Acacia binervata
A. dealbata
A. falciformis
A. mabellae
A. melanoxylon
A. obliquenervia
A. obtusata
A. parramattensis
A. spectabilis
A. suaveolens
A. terminalis
A. ulicifolia
A. sophorae
A. decurrens

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 ioptera
Photographed in
Australia