''Calomela bartoni'' (common name Acacia leaf beetle) is a beetle in the Chrysomelidae (leaf beetle) family, which is found in

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

and

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. It was first described by

Joseph Sugar Baly Joseph Sugar Baly (1816 – 27 March 1890) was an English medical doctor and entomologist. He described a number of species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Baly was born in Warwick, first son of Joseph Baly. He studied at the local gramm ...

in 1856 as ''Australica bartoni'', It was redescribed as a new species, ''Calomela nigricornis'' by

Arthur Mills Lea Arthur Mills Lea (10 August 1868 – 29 February 1932) was an Australian entomologist. Lea was born in Surry Hills, New South Wales, the second son of Thomas Lea, from Bristol, England, and his wife Cornelia, ''née'' Dumbrell, of Sydney. As a ...

in 1903, but in 2006 Chris Reid judged these two species to be synonymous; the appropriate genus to be ''

Calomela ''Calomela'' is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the family Chrysomelidae. They are specialist feeders on various species of ''Acacia'' and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared wi ...

''; and therefore, since Baly's description was prior to that of Lea the species name became ''Calomela bartoni''.

Ecology

Trevor Hawkeswood reports its larvae as feeding on ''

Acacia decurrens ''Acacia decurrens'', commonly known as black wattle or early green wattle, is a perennial tree or shrub native to eastern New South Wales, including Sydney, the Greater Blue Mountains Area, the Hunter Region, and southwest to the Australian Capi ...

''.

References

External links

Canberra Nature Map: ''Calomela bartoni'' images
{{taxonbar, from=Q108670019 Beetles described in 1856 Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly Chrysomelinae Beetles of Australia