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Acacia Leaf Beetle
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Conservation status: Least Concern
This species of beetle has been found in southern Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and south-western Western Australia. There is quite a colour variation throughout the species regarding the amount of red/orange on the wing covers (elytra). Some individuals are completely dark metallic. Both adult and larvae Calomela curtisi normally feed on wattle leaves – thus its common name.
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Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelinae
Calomela
curtisi
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