Calomela pallida

Calomela pallida

Calomela pallida is an Australian leaf beetle in the Calomela genus.
Calomela pallida This green acacia leaf beetle feeds on broad leafed wattles such as dogwood. The antennae are clavate in all calomela and the pronotum bear trichobothrial bristles on each corner of the pronotum. I have loaded a large image so you can pan in to see them. Pallida is typically has two pairs of green legs and the posterior pair are orange Australia,Calomela pallida,Fall,Geotagged,calomela

Appearance

Colour description of adult
Head nd pronotum leaf green. Elytra leaf green, with striae darker green. Apices of elytra often pale bright aquamarine blue in colour, the amount of colour is variable. Coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia of legs 1 and 2 leaf green; coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia of leg 3 orange to pale orange-brown, usually with pale green infusion. Tarsi of legs 1-3 orange to pale orange-brown. Antennal segments 1-4 orange to pale orange-brown, segments 5-11 black.
In death, the colour pattern becomes various shades of dark orange and brown.
Calomela pallida The green striped leaf beetle is another Acacia feeder. Found on Blackwood Acacia (Acacia melanoxylon) it is common on much of the east coast of Australia. Acacia melanoxylon,Australia,Calomela,Calomela pallida,Geotagged,Winter,chrysomelidae,leaf beetle

Naming

Synonym
Australica pallida Baly, 1856

Distribution

East coast of Australia

Food

Host plants
Acacia leiocalyx
Acacia implexa
Acacia sophorae

References:

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Hawkeswood, T.J. & Monaghan, N. (2007). Notes on the biology and host plants of the Australian leaf beetle Calomela pallida (Baly, 1856)(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with a colour description of the live adult. Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 8: 1-3.
http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/321.pdf
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyChrysomelidae
GenusCalomela
SpeciesCalomela pallida
Photographed in
Australia