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.[2]

Phola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Phola
Weise, 1890
Type species
Phola keyserlingi
(= Chrysomela octodecimguttata Fabricius, 1775)
Weise, 1890
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Phyllophila Stål, 1857
(nec Guenée, 1852)

List of species

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The genus contains the following species:[3][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kimoto, S.; Gressitt, J.L. (1981). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. II. Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Lamprosomatinae and Chrysomelinae" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 23 (3–4): 286–391.
  2. ^ Reid, C.A.M. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6)
  3. ^ "Genus Phola Weise, 1890". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 8 September 2021.