Acalymma

Acalymma
Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Diabroticina
Genus: Acalymma
Barber, 1947
Type species
Acalymma gouldi
Barber, 1947

Acalymma is a genus of leaf beetles found mainly in the New World. Approximately 72 species have been described in the Western Hemisphere.[1]

  1. ^ Cabrera & Durante (2001). "Description of Mouthparts of the Genus Acalymma Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 127 (3): 371–379. JSTOR 25078752.