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Subfamily Chrysomelinae, FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Leaf beetles of
Genera Calomela that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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- Calomela species are particularly associated with Acacia.
Both adults and larvae feed on the leaf, some adults feed on the flower as
well. Calomela adults are usually have the narrow and flat body shape.
Most of them are bright coloured.
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- I-Mark Leaf Beetle
 
- Calomela crassicornis, adult body length 7mm, larva body length 7mm
- The Acacia Leaf Beetles
are orange in colour with a dark brown "I"-Mark pattern on thorax.
There are also the dark drown patterns on wings cover. When we
go for bush-walking near Alexandra Hill in mid summer. On every young Acacia
tree (Black Wattle), we can easily found some of them resting
on the leaves. They are slow moving, seem doing nothing until we disturbed.
More pictures and information please click here.
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- Green Strip Leaf Beetle
  - Calomela sp., body length 10mm
- We found this green leaf beetle in Alexandra Hill and Karawatha
Forest during mid summer. It was
wandering on a young Acacia tree. Although it was brightly green in
colour, when it hided on a Acacia leaf in the shade, it was hardly be noticed.
It was a slow moving insects. After we took a few pictures, it slowly walked to
the leaf edge and flied to another young Acacia tree a couple of meters away.
More pictures please click here.
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- Golden Green Beetle on Acacia tree
- ? Calomela sp. Body length 12mm
- Picture taken in later summer in Eight Mile Plains. The beetle was golden
green in colour with dark brown strips on its back. A few number of them was
found on the Acacia tree.
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