''Phola'' is a genus of

leaf beetle The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...

s in the family

Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...

, subfamily

Chrysomelinae The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), commonly known as broad-bodied leaf beetles or broad-shouldered leaf beetles. It includes some 3,000 species around the world. The best-known member is the notorious Colorado po ...

. It occurs in east and south-east Asia, the south-west Pacific, eastern and northern Australia. It was formerly a synonym of ''

Chalcolampra Chalcolampra is a genus of leaf beetles (insects contained in the family Chrysomelidae). These beetles are widespread from Southeast Asia to Australia and New Zealand, but most common in the southeast of Australia. There are approximately 25 Aus ...

''. It is distinguished from other chrysomeline genera in Australia by the twisted epipleura, but its recognition may render either ''Chalcolampra'' or '' Phyllocharis''

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

List of species

The genus contains the following species: * ''

Phola decemmaculata Phola may refer to: *Ogies, South Africa *Phola, Mpumalanga Phola is a populated place in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republi ...

'' (Lea, 1903) * ''

Phola delicatula Phola may refer to: *Ogies, South Africa *Phola, Mpumalanga Phola is a populated place in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republi ...

'' (Lea, 1916) * '' Phola octodecimguttata'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''

Phola quadrifasciata Phola may refer to: *Ogies, South Africa *Phola, Mpumalanga Phola is a populated place in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republi ...

'' (Lea, 1916) * ''

Phola sedecimpustulata Phola may refer to: *Ogies, South Africa *Phola, Mpumalanga Phola is a populated place in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republi ...

'' (Stål, 1857) * ''

Phola tenuis Phola may refer to: *Ogies, South Africa *Phola, Mpumalanga Phola is a populated place in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republi ...

'' (Lea, 1916) * ''

Phola vitticollis Phola may refer to: *Ogies, South Africa *Phola, Mpumalanga Phola is a populated place in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republi ...

'' (Lea, 1915)

References

Chrysomelinae Beetles of Asia Beetles of Australia Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by Julius Weise {{Chrysomelinae-stub