Calomela curtisi (Kirby, 1818) (a species of leaf-beetle)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Assumed larval feeding: leaf-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Acacia dealbata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Acacia mearnsii is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus amygdalina is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Acacia dealbata — Hand collection from Acacia mearnsii — Hand collection from Acacia mollissima — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Knockdown spraying of bark of Eucalyptus sp. — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.