Polychalca

Polychalca
Polychalca punctatissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Omocerini
Genus:	Polychalca Chevrolat, 1837

Polychalca is a genus of South American tortoise beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.

Subgenera and species

Subgenus Desmonota Hope, 1839

• Polychalca aerea (Boheman, 1850)
• Polychalca duponti (Boheman, 1850)
• Polychalca gravida (Boheman, 1850)
• Polychalca platynota (Germar, 1824)
• Polychalca salebrosa (Boheman, 1850)

Subgenus Polychalca Chevrolat, 1837

• Polychalca cariosa (Boheman, 1850)
• Polychalca decora (Perty, 1830)
• Polychalca dentipennis (Boheman, 1850)
• Polychalca nickerli (Spaeth, 1907)
• Polychalca perforata (Boheman, 1850)
• Polychalca punctatissima (Wolf, 1818)
• Polychalca turpis (Boheman, 1850)

References

• Biolib
• Biol.uni.wroc.pl