Phola (beetle) explained

Phola is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae. It occurs in east and south-east Asia, the south-west Pacific, eastern and northern Australia. It was formerly a synonym of Chalcolampra. It is distinguished from other chrysomeline genera in Australia by the twisted epipleura, but its recognition may render either Chalcolampra or Phyllocharis paraphyletic.^[1]

List of species

The genus contains the following species:^[2]

• Phola decemmaculata (Lea, 1903)
• Phola delicatula (Lea, 1916)
• Phola octodecimguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Phola quadrifasciata (Lea, 1916)
• Phola sedecimpustulata (Stål, 1857)
• Phola tenuis (Lea, 1916)
• Phola vitticollis (Lea, 1915)

Notes and References

1. Reid. C.A.M.. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa. 1292. 1–119. 10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1. free.
2. Web site: Genus Phola Weise, 1890. Australian Faunal Directory. 8 September 2021.