Calligrapha

Calligrapha
	Calligrapha spiraeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Calligrapha; Chevrolat, 1836
Type species
	Chrysomela polyspila; Germar, 1821
Subgenera
	Bidensomela; Calligramma; Calligrapha; Erythrographa; Graphicallo; Zygogramma;
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.⁴

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

Subgenus Calligrapha (Bidensomela) Monrós, 1955

Calligrapha androwi S. Clark & Cavey, 1995
Calligrapha bidenticola Brown, 1945
Calligrapha californica Linell, 1896
Calligrapha incisa (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha praecelsis (Rogers, 1856)

Subgenus Calligrapha (Calligramma) Monrós, 1955

Calligrapha cephalanthi (Schwarz, 1878)

Subgenus Calligrapha (Calligrapha) Chevrolat, 1836

Calligrapha aeneopicta Stål, 1859
Calligrapha alni Schaeffer, 1928
Calligrapha alnicola Brown, 1945
Calligrapha amator Brown, 1945
Calligrapha amelia Knab, 1909
Calligrapha anabelae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
Calligrapha ancoralis Stal, 1860
Calligrapha apicalis Notman, 1919
Calligrapha argus Stål, 1859
Calligrapha barda (Say, 1835)
Calligrapha billbergi Stål, 1860
Calligrapha catarinae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
Calligrapha confluens Schaeffer, 1928
Calligrapha consputa Stål, 1860
Calligrapha discrepans (Achard, 1923)
Calligrapha dislocata (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha diversa Stal, 1859
Calligrapha dolosa Brown, 1945
Calligrapha elegantula Jacoby, 1877
Calligrapha eupatris Stål, 1860
Calligrapha felina Stål, 1860
Calligrapha floridana Schaeffer, 1934
Calligrapha fulvipes (Gistel, 1848)
Calligrapha geographica Stål, 1860
Calligrapha ignota Brown, 1940
Calligrapha knabi Brown, 1940
Calligrapha matronalis Erichson, 1847
Calligrapha mexicana Stål, 1859
Calligrapha multiguttata Stål, 1859
Calligrapha multiplagata (Achard, 1923)
Calligrapha multipunctata (Say, 1824)
Calligrapha multipustulata Stål, 1859
Calligrapha ostryae Brown, 1945
Calligrapha pantherina Stål, 1859
Calligrapha panzoensis Bechyné, 1952
Calligrapha pavimentata Gómez-Zurita, 2016
Calligrapha philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calligrapha pnirsa Stål, 1860
Calligrapha polyspila (Germar, 1821)
Calligrapha pruni Brown, 1945
Calligrapha rhoda Knab, 1909
Calligrapha ramulifera Stål, 1859
Calligrapha rowena Knab, 1909
Calligrapha sallei (Achard, 1923)
Calligrapha scalaris (J.E. LeConte, 1824)
Calligrapha serpens Bowditch, 1911
Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha sigmoidea (J.L. LeConte, 1859)
Calligrapha simillima Stål, 1860
Calligrapha spiraeae (Say, 1826)
Calligrapha stillatipennis Stål, 1859
Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933⁸
Calligrapha sylvia (Stål, 1860)
Calligrapha tiliae Brown, 1945
Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian, 1858)
Calligrapha vicina Schaeffer, 1933
Calligrapha vigintimaculata (Chevrolat, 1833)
Calligrapha virginea Brown, 1945
Calligrapha zapoteca Gómez-Zurita, 2016

Subgenus Calligrapha (Erythrographa) Gómez-Zurita, 2018

Calligrapha aladina Bechyné, 1954
Calligrapha femorata Jacoby, 1891
Calligrapha gyllenhali Stål, 1859
Calligrapha intermedia Jacoby, 1882
Calligrapha labyrinthica Stål, 1859
Calligrapha limbaticollis Stål, 1859
Calligrapha notatipennis Stål, 1859
Calligrapha suboculata Stål, 1859
Calligrapha suffriani Jacoby, 1882
Calligrapha synthesys Gómez-Zurita, 2018
Calligrapha thermalis Gómez-Zurita, 2013
Calligrapha tortilis Stål, 1859
Calligrapha wickhami Bowditch, 1911

Subgenus Calligrapha (Graphicallo) Gómez-Zurita, 2018

Calligrapha lunata (Fabricius, 1787)

Subgenus Calligrapha (Zygogramma) Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836

Calligrapha aeneovittata Stål, 1859
Calligrapha amanda Stål, 1859
Calligrapha arcuigera Stål, 1859
Calligrapha arizonica (Schaeffer, 1906)
Calligrapha bicolorata (Pallister, 1953)
Calligrapha bigenea Stål, 1859
Calligrapha championi (Jacoby, 1879)
Calligrapha clathrata (Jacoby, 1882)
Calligrapha clavareaui (Bowditch, 1911)
Calligrapha conjuncta (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha continua (J.L. LeConte, 1868)
Calligrapha decempustulata (Jacoby, 1891)
Calligrapha disrupta (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha dulcis Stål, 1859
Calligrapha durangoensis (Jacoby, 1891)
Calligrapha elongatula (Achard, 1924)
Calligrapha esperanza (Bechyné, 1952)
Calligrapha estriata (Schaeffer, 1920)
Calligrapha exclamationis (Fabricius, 1798)
Calligrapha fulvitarsis Jacoby, 1891
Calligrapha gracilis (Jacoby, 1882)
Calligrapha guttaticollis Stål, 1859
Calligrapha guttulosa Stål, 1859
Calligrapha heterothecae (Linell, 1896)
Calligrapha hypocrita (Jacoby, 1882)
Calligrapha jaliscensis (Bechyné, 1952)
Calligrapha lemur Stål, 1860
Calligrapha lentiginosa Stål, 1860
Calligrapha lepidula Stål, 1859
Calligrapha maculicollis (Jacoby, 1891)
Calligrapha magica Stål, 1859
Calligrapha malvae (Stål, 1859)
Calligrapha militaris (Jacoby, 1891)
Calligrapha mniszechi Stål, 1860
Calligrapha morbillosa Stål, 1860
Calligrapha neomexicana (Clark, Douglas, & Cavan, 2024)
Calligrapha nicaraguensis (Jacoby, 1882)
Calligrapha obscurofasciata (Jacoby, 1891)
Calligrapha opifera (Stål, 1860)
Calligrapha ornata (Jacoby, 1882)
Calligrapha pallida (Bland, 1864)
Calligrapha piceicollis (Stål, 1859)
Calligrapha popa Stål, 1860
Calligrapha pustulosa Stål, 1860
Calligrapha quenseli Stål, 1860
Calligrapha quinquevirgata Stål. 1859
Calligrapha signatipennis (Stål, 1859)
Calligrapha stali (Jacoby, 1882)
Calligrapha suturalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Calligrapha thoracica (Jacoby, 1891)
Calligrapha tortuosa (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha tricolorata (Pallister, 1953)
Calligrapha violaceomaculata Jacoby, 1878

Gallery

Calligrapha sp.
Calligrapha aeneovittata, México
Calligrapha aladina, México
Calligrapha amator
Calligrapha anabelae, México
Calligrapha ancoralis, Arizona
Calligrapha argus, Panamá
Calligrapha arizonica, Arizona
Calligrapha barda, México
Calligrapha bigenera, Costa Rica
Calligrapha confluens, Canada
Calligrapha discrepans, México
Calligrapha elegantula, Costa Rica
Calligrapha eupatris, México
Calligrapha felina, México
Calligrapha fulvipes, Guatemala
Calligrapha guttulosa, Nicaragua
Calligrapha gyllenhali, México
Calligrapha heterothecae, Texas
Calligrapha intermedia, México
Calligrapha knabi, Canada
Calligrapha matronalis, Bolivia
Calligrapha mexicana, México
Calligrapha multiplagata, Argentina
Calligrapha multipustulata, México
Calligrapha opifera, México
Calligrapha philadelphica
Calligrapha pnirsa, Canada
Calligrapha polyspila, Brasil
Calligrapha pruni, Illinois
Calligrapha rhoda, Massachusetts
Calligrapha spiraeae, West Virginia
Calligrapha sylvia, México
Calligrapha violaceomaculata, Costa Rica

References

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.
Monrós, F. (1955). "On some new genera of nearctic Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 9 (4): 53–60. JSTOR 3998693.
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.
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.
Knodel, Janet J.; Laurence D. Charlet; Phillip A. Glogoza (2000). "Biology and Pest Management of the Sunflower Beetle in North Dakota". North Dakota State University. hdl:10365/4799. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
"Zygogramma bicolorata (Mexican beetle)". Invasive Species Compendium. 2012. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
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.
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.

External links

Images of some Calligrapha species at BugGuide.net
Data related to Calligrapha at Wikispecies

[1] 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.

[Monros1955-2] Monrós, F. (1955). "On some new genera of nearctic Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 9 (4): 53–60. JSTOR 3998693.

[GomezZurita2018-3] 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.

[Clarketal2024-4] 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.

[BioPestMana-5] Knodel, Janet J.; Laurence D. Charlet; Phillip A. Glogoza (2000). "Biology and Pest Management of the Sunflower Beetle in North Dakota". North Dakota State University. hdl:10365/4799. Retrieved 2017-02-17.

[ISC-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.

[Gómez-Zurita-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.

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Calligrapha

Calligrapha spiraeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Calligrapha Chevrolat, 1836
Type species
Chrysomela polyspila¹ Germar, 1821
Subgenera⁴
Bidensomela Calligramma² Calligrapha Erythrographa³ Graphicallo² Zygogramma
Synonyms⁴
sensu stricto Polyspila Hope, 1840 Phyllis Gistel, 1848 Boliographa Motschulsky, 1860 Metallographa Motschulsky, 1860 Bidensomela Acalligrapha Monrós, 1955² Coreopsomela Monrós, 1955² Zygogramma Zygospila Achard, 1923