Calligrapha

Calligrapha
Calligrapha spiraeae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus:
Chevrolat, 1836
Type species
Chrysomela polyspila[4]
Germar, 1821
Subgenera[3]
  • Bidensomela
  • Calligramma[1]
  • Calligrapha
  • Erythrographa[2]
  • Graphicallo[1]
  • Zygogramma
Synonyms[3]
sensu stricto
Bidensomela
  • Acalligrapha Monrós, 1955[1]
  • Coreopsomela Monrós, 1955[1]
Zygogramma
  • Zygospila Achard, 1923

Calligrapha is a large genus of American Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles), with over 100 species occurring from North America through Central America.[3]

Biology

Some members of the subgenus Zygogramma are agricultural pests, while others are used as biological control agents. Calligrapha exclamationis is a pest species of sunflower crops in North America.[5] At least two species have also been used as a form of biological pest control: Calligrapha bicolorata was introduced to India as a biocontrol agent for the weed Parthenium hysterophorus,[6] and Calligrapha suturalis was introduced to Russia as a control for Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).[7]

Selected species

  • Calligrapha aeneopicta Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha aeneovittata Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha aladina Bechyné, 1954
  • Calligrapha alni Schaeffer, 1928 (russet alder leaf beetle)
  • Calligrapha alnicola Brown, 1945
  • Calligrapha amanda Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha amator Brown, 1945 (Ontario calligrapha)
  • Calligrapha amelia Knab, 1909
  • Calligrapha anabelae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
  • Calligrapha ancoralis Stal, 1860
  • Calligrapha androwi S. Clark and Cavey, 1995
  • Calligrapha apicalis Notman, 1919
  • Calligrapha arcuigera Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha argus Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha arizonica (Schaeffer, 1906)
  • Calligrapha barda (Say, 1835)
  • Calligrapha bicolorata (Pallister, 1953) (Parthenium beetle)
  • Calligrapha bidenticola Brown, 1945
  • Calligrapha bigenea Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha billbergi Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha californica Linell, 1896
  • Calligrapha catarinae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
  • Calligrapha cephalanthi (Schwarz, 1878)
  • Calligrapha championi (Jacoby, 1879)
  • Calligrapha clathrata (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Calligrapha clavareaui (Bowditch, 1911)
  • Calligrapha confluens Schaeffer, 1928
  • Calligrapha conjuncta (Rogers, 1856)
  • Calligrapha consputa Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha continua (LeConte, 1868)
  • Calligrapha decempustulata (Jacoby, 1891)
  • Calligrapha discrepans (Achard, 1923)
  • Calligrapha dislocata (Rogers, 1856)
  • Calligrapha disrupta (Rogers, 1856)
  • Calligrapha diversa Stal, 1859
  • Calligrapha dolosa Brown, 1945
  • Calligrapha dulcis Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha durangoensis (Jacoby, 1891)
  • Calligrapha elegantula Jacoby, 1877
  • Calligrapha elongatula (Achard, 1924)
  • Calligrapha esperanza (Bechyné, 1952)
  • Calligrapha estriata (Schaeffer, 1920)
  • Calligrapha exclamationis (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Calligrapha felina Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha femorata Jacoby, 1891
  • Calligrapha floridana Schaeffer, 1934
  • Calligrapha fulvipes (Gistel, 1848)
  • Calligrapha fulvitarsis Jacoby, 1891
  • Calligrapha geographica Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha gracilis (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Calligrapha guttaticollis Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha guttulosa Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha gyllenhali Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha heterothecae (Linell, 1896)
  • Calligrapha hypocrita (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Calligrapha ignota Brown, 1940
  • Calligrapha incisa (Rogers, 1856)
  • Calligrapha intermedia Jacoby, 1882
  • Calligrapha jaliscensis (Bechyné, 1952)
  • Calligrapha knabi Brown, 1940
  • Calligrapha labyrinthica Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha lemur Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha lentiginosa Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha lepidula Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha limbaticollis Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha lunata (Fabricius, 1787) (moon-marked leaf beetle)
  • Calligrapha maculicollis (Jacoby, 1891)
  • Calligrapha magica Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha malvae (Stål, 1859)
  • Calligrapha matronalis Erichson, 1847
  • Calligrapha mexicana Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha militaris (Jacoby, 1891)
  • Calligrapha mniszechi Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha morbillosa Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha multiguttata Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha multiplagata (Achard, 1923)
  • Calligrapha multipunctata (Say, 1824) (common willow calligrapha)
  • Calligrapha multipustulata Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha neomexicana (Clark, Douglas, and Cavan, 2024)
  • Calligrapha nicaraguensis (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Calligrapha notatipennis Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha obscurofasciata (Jacoby, 1891)
  • Calligrapha opifera (Stål, 1860)
  • Calligrapha ornata (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Calligrapha ostryae Brown, 1945
  • Calligrapha pallida (Bland, 1864)
  • Calligrapha pantherina Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha panzoensis Bechyné, 1952
  • Calligrapha pavimentata Gómez-Zurita, 2016
  • Calligrapha philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (dogwood calligrapha)
  • Calligrapha piceicollis (Stål, 1859)
  • Calligrapha pnirsa Stål, 1860 (leaf beetle)
  • Calligrapha polyspila (Germar, 1821)
  • Calligrapha popa Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha praecelsis (Rogers, 1856)
  • Calligrapha pruni Brown, 1945
  • Calligrapha pustulosa Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha quenseli Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha ramulifera Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha rhoda Knab, 1909
  • Calligrapha rowena Knab, 1909
  • Calligrapha sallei (Achard, 1923)
  • Calligrapha scalaris (J. E. LeConte, 1824) (elm calligrapha)
  • Calligrapha serpens Bowditch, 1911
  • Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers, 1856) (globemallow leaf beetle)
  • Calligrapha sigmoidea (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
  • Calligrapha signatipennis (Stål, 1859)
  • Calligrapha simillima Stål, 1860
  • Calligrapha spiraeae (Say, 1826)
  • Calligrapha stali (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Calligrapha stillatipennis Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha suboculata Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha suffriani Jacoby, 1882
  • Calligrapha suturalis (Fabricius, 1775) (ragweed leaf beetle)
  • Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933[8]
  • Calligrapha sylvia (Stål, 1860)
  • Calligrapha synthesys Gómez-Zurita, 2018
  • Calligrapha thermalis Gómez-Zurita, 2013
  • Calligrapha thoracica (Jacoby, 1891)
  • Calligrapha tiliae Brown, 1945
  • Calligrapha tortilis Stål, 1859
  • Calligrapha tortuosa (Rogers, 1856)
  • Calligrapha tricolorata (Pallister, 1953)
  • Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian, 1858)
  • Calligrapha vicina Schaeffer, 1933
  • Calligrapha vigintimaculata (Chevrolat, 1833)
  • Calligrapha violaceomaculata Jacoby, 1878
  • Calligrapha virginea Brown, 1945
  • Calligrapha wickhami Bowditch, 1911
  • Calligrapha zapoteca Gómez-Zurita, 2016

References

  1. ^ a b c d Monrós, F. (1955). "On some new genera of nearctic Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 9 (4): 53–60. JSTOR 3998693.
  2. ^ Gómez-Zurita, J. (2018). "Systematic revision of Central American Calligrapha Chevrolat of the subgenus Erythrographa subgen. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)". Zootaxa. 4531 (1): 1–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4531.1.1. PMID 30651449. S2CID 58565394.
  3. ^ a b c Shawn M. Clark, Hume B. Douglas, Daniel J. Cavan (2024) Notes on Calligrapha Chevrolat (subgenus Zygogramma Chevrolat) and Tritaenia Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 78(2): 281-295.
  4. ^ Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. Bibcode:2013ZooK..282....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.282.4401. PMC 3677338. PMID 23794836.
  5. ^ Janet J. Knodel; Laurence D. Charlet; Phillip A. Glogoza (2000). "Biology and Pest Management of the Sunflower Beetle in North Dakota". North Dakota State University. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  6. ^ "Zygogramma bicolorata (Mexican beetle)". Invasive Species Compendium. 2012. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  7. ^ Kovalev, O.V.; Reznik, S.Ya.; Cherkashin, V.N. (1983). "Specific features of the methods of using Zygogramma Chevr. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in biological control of ragweeds (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., A. psilostachya D.C.)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenije (in Russian). 62: 402–408.
  8. ^ Gómez-Zurita, J.; Vogler, A.P.; Funk, D.J. (2004). "Diagnosing an overlooked North American taxon: biological observations and mitochondrial insights on Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933 new status (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 97 (1): 28–36. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0028:DAONAT]2.0.CO;2.