Calligrapha

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Ninebark Calligrapha Beetle - Calligrapha spiraea, Muddy Creek, Garrett County, Maryland.jpg

| image_caption = Calligrapha spiraeae

| taxon = Calligrapha

| authority = Chevrolat, 1836

| display_parents = 2

| type_species = Chrysomela polyspila{{cite journal|first1=Yves|last1=Bousquet|first2=Patrice|last2=Bouchard|year=2013 |title=The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection|journal=ZooKeys|issue=282|pages=1–219|doi=10.3897/zookeys.282.4401|pmc=3677338|pmid=23794836 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2013ZooK..282....1B }}

| type_species_authority = Germar, 1821

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision_ref = 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.

| subdivision =

Bidensomela
Calligramma{{cite journal|last=Monrós|first=F.|year=1955|title=On some new genera of nearctic Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58742041|journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin|volume=9|issue=4|pages=53–60|jstor=3998693}}
Calligrapha
Erythrographa{{cite journal|last=Gómez-Zurita|first=J.|year=2018|title=Systematic revision of Central American Calligrapha Chevrolat of the subgenus Erythrographa subgen. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4531|issue=1|pages=1–58|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4531.1.1|pmid=30651449 |s2cid=58565394 }}
Graphicallo
Zygogramma

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

;sensu stricto:

Polyspila Hope, 1840
Phyllis Gistel, 1848
Boliographa Motschulsky, 1860
Metallographa Motschulsky, 1860

;Bidensomela:

Acalligrapha Monrós, 1955
Coreopsomela Monrós, 1955

;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.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extensionentomology/field-crops-insect-pests/Documents/sunflower/e-824-sunflower-beetle |author1=Janet J. Knodel |author2=Laurence D. Charlet |author3=Phillip A. Glogoza |date=2000 |title=Biology and Pest Management of the Sunflower Beetle in North Dakota |publisher=North Dakota State University |access-date=2017-02-17}} 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57506 |title=Zygogramma bicolorata (Mexican beetle) |date=2012 |publisher=Invasive Species Compendium |access-date=2017-02-12}} and Calligrapha suturalis was introduced to Russia as a control for Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).{{cite journal |author1=Kovalev, O.V. |author2=Reznik, S.Ya. |author3=Cherkashin, V.N. |date=1983 |title=Specific features of the methods of using Zygogramma Chevr. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in biological control of ragweeds (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., A. psilostachya D.C.) |journal=Entomologicheskoe Obozrenije |language=ru |volume=62 |pages=402–408}}

Selected species

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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{{cite journal|last1=Gómez-Zurita|first1=J.|last2=Vogler|first2=A.P.|last3=Funk|first3=D.J.|year=2004|title=Diagnosing an overlooked North American taxon: biological observations and mitochondrial insights on Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933 new status (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)|journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America|volume=97|issue=1|pages=28–36|doi=10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0028:DAONAT]2.0.CO;2|doi-access=free}}
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

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Gallery

File:Calligrapha sp. (9534115661).jpg|Calligrapha sp.

Calligrapha aeneovittata - inat 247293667.jpg| Calligrapha aeneovittata, México

Calligrapha aladina - inat 149950899.jpg| Calligrapha aladina, México

CalligraphaAmator.jpg|Calligrapha amator

Calligrapha anabelae - inat 412285106.jpg| Calligrapha anabelae, México

Calligrapha ancoralis - inat 348997094.jpg| Calligrapha ancoralis, Arizona

Calligrapha argus - inat 188112447.jpg| Calligrapha argus, Panamá

Calligrapha arizonica - inat 352033802.jpg| Calligrapha arizonica, Arizona

Calligrapha barda - inat 165926063.jpg| Calligrapha barda, México

Calligrapha bigenera - inat 124788695.jpg| Calligrapha bigenera, Costa Rica

Calligrapha confluens - inat 133491714.jpg| Calligrapha confluens, Canada

Calligrapha discrepans - inat 10808585.jpg| Calligrapha discrepans, México

Calligrapha elegantula - inat 78763049.jpg| Calligrapha elegantula, Costa Rica

Calligrapha eupatris - inat 88122162.jpg| Calligrapha eupatris, México

Calligrapha felina - inat 153309493.jpg| Calligrapha felina, México

Calligrapha fulvipes - inat 200149451.jpg| Calligrapha fulvipes, Guatemala

Calligrapha guttulosa - inat 108256301.jpg| Calligrapha guttulosa, Nicaragua

Calligrapha gyllenhali - inat 4008516.jpg| Calligrapha gyllenhali, México

Calligrapha heterothecae - inat 430908860.jpg| Calligrapha heterothecae, Texas

Calligrapha intermedia - inat 2466367.jpg| Calligrapha intermedia, México

Calligrapha knabi - inat 24285810.jpg| Calligrapha knabi, Canada

Calligrapha matronalis - inat 167793610.jpg| Calligrapha matronalis, Bolivia

Calligrapha mexicana - inat 83117844.jpg| Calligrapha mexicana, México

Calligrapha multiplagata - inat 453060187.jpg| Calligrapha multiplagata, Argentina

Calligrapha multipustulata - inat 418346657.jpg| Calligrapha multipustulata, México

Calligrapha opifera - inat 321396890.jpg| Calligrapha opifera, México

CalligraphaPhiladelphica2.jpg|Calligrapha philadelphica

Calligrapha pnirsa - inat 13374099.jpg| Calligrapha pnirsa, Canada

Calligrapha polyspila - inat 454918657.jpg| Calligrapha polyspila, Brasil

Calligrapha pruni - inat 85700847.jpg| Calligrapha pruni, Illinois

Calligrapha rhoda 298469689.jpg| Calligrapha rhoda, Massachusetts

Calligrapha spiraeae - inat 5860429.jpg| Calligrapha spiraeae, West Virginia

Calligrapha sylvia - inat 300496047.jpg| Calligrapha sylvia, México

Calligrapha violaceomaculata - inat 1736969.jpg| Calligrapha violaceomaculata, Costa Rica

References

External links

[http://bugguide.net/node/view/462 Images of some Calligrapha species at BugGuide.net]
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Category:Chrysomelidae genera

Category:Chrysomelinae

Category:Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat

Category:Beetles of North America

Category:Beetles of Central America

Category:Long stubs with short prose