# Calligrapha

Calligrapha is a large genus of American Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles), with over 100 species occurring from North America through Central America.

## Biology

Some members of the subgenus Zygogramma are agricultural pests, while others are used as biological control agents. Calligrapha exclamationis is a pest species of sunflower crops in North America. At least two species have also been used as a form of biological pest control: Calligrapha bicolorata was introduced to India as a biocontrol agent for the weed Parthenium hysterophorus, and Calligrapha suturalis was introduced to Russia as a control for Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).

## Selected species

* Calligrapha aeneopicta Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha aeneovittata Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha aladina Bechyné, 1954
* Calligrapha alni Schaeffer, 1928 (russet alder leaf beetle)
* Calligrapha alnicola Brown, 1945
* Calligrapha amanda Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha amator Brown, 1945 (Ontario calligrapha)
* Calligrapha amelia Knab, 1909
* Calligrapha anabelae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
* Calligrapha ancoralis Stal, 1860
* Calligrapha androwi S. Clark and Cavey, 1995
* Calligrapha apicalis Notman, 1919
* Calligrapha arcuigera Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha argus Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha arizonica (Schaeffer, 1906)
* Calligrapha barda (Say, 1835)
* Calligrapha bicolorata (Pallister, 1953) (Parthenium beetle)
* Calligrapha bidenticola Brown, 1945
* Calligrapha bigenea Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha billbergi Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha californica Linell, 1896
* Calligrapha catarinae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
* Calligrapha cephalanthi (Schwarz, 1878)
* Calligrapha championi (Jacoby, 1879)
* Calligrapha clathrata (Jacoby, 1882)
* Calligrapha clavareaui (Bowditch, 1911)
* Calligrapha confluens Schaeffer, 1928
* Calligrapha conjuncta (Rogers, 1856)
* Calligrapha consputa Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha continua (LeConte, 1868)
* Calligrapha decempustulata (Jacoby, 1891)
* Calligrapha discrepans (Achard, 1923)
* Calligrapha dislocata (Rogers, 1856)
* Calligrapha disrupta (Rogers, 1856)
* Calligrapha diversa Stal, 1859
* Calligrapha dolosa Brown, 1945
* Calligrapha dulcis Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha durangoensis (Jacoby, 1891)
* Calligrapha elegantula Jacoby, 1877
* Calligrapha elongatula (Achard, 1924)
* Calligrapha esperanza (Bechyné, 1952)
* Calligrapha estriata (Schaeffer, 1920)
* Calligrapha exclamationis (Fabricius, 1798)
* Calligrapha felina Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha femorata Jacoby, 1891
* Calligrapha floridana Schaeffer, 1934
* Calligrapha fulvipes (Gistel, 1848)
* Calligrapha fulvitarsis Jacoby, 1891
* Calligrapha geographica Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha gracilis (Jacoby, 1882)
* Calligrapha guttaticollis Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha guttulosa Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha gyllenhali Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha heterothecae (Linell, 1896)
* Calligrapha hypocrita (Jacoby, 1882)
* Calligrapha ignota Brown, 1940
* Calligrapha incisa (Rogers, 1856)
* Calligrapha intermedia Jacoby, 1882
* Calligrapha jaliscensis (Bechyné, 1952)
* Calligrapha knabi Brown, 1940
* Calligrapha labyrinthica Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha lemur Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha lentiginosa Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha lepidula Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha limbaticollis Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha lunata (Fabricius, 1787) (moon-marked leaf beetle)
* Calligrapha maculicollis (Jacoby, 1891)
* Calligrapha magica Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha malvae (Stål, 1859)
* Calligrapha matronalis Erichson, 1847
* Calligrapha mexicana Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha militaris (Jacoby, 1891)
* Calligrapha mniszechi Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha morbillosa Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha multiguttata Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha multiplagata (Achard, 1923)
* Calligrapha multipunctata (Say, 1824) (common willow calligrapha)
* Calligrapha multipustulata Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha neomexicana (Clark, Douglas, and Cavan, 2024)
* Calligrapha nicaraguensis (Jacoby, 1882)
* Calligrapha notatipennis Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha obscurofasciata (Jacoby, 1891)
* Calligrapha opifera (Stål, 1860)
* Calligrapha ornata (Jacoby, 1882)
* Calligrapha ostryae Brown, 1945
* Calligrapha pallida (Bland, 1864)
* Calligrapha pantherina Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha panzoensis Bechyné, 1952
* Calligrapha pavimentata Gómez-Zurita, 2016
* Calligrapha philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (dogwood calligrapha)
* Calligrapha piceicollis (Stål, 1859)
* Calligrapha pnirsa Stål, 1860 (leaf beetle)
* Calligrapha polyspila (Germar, 1821)
* Calligrapha popa Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha praecelsis (Rogers, 1856)
* Calligrapha pruni Brown, 1945
* Calligrapha pustulosa Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha quenseli Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha ramulifera Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha rhoda Knab, 1909
* Calligrapha rowena Knab, 1909
* Calligrapha sallei (Achard, 1923)
* Calligrapha scalaris (J. E. LeConte, 1824) (elm calligrapha)
* Calligrapha serpens Bowditch, 1911
* Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers, 1856) (globemallow leaf beetle)
* Calligrapha sigmoidea (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
* Calligrapha signatipennis (Stål, 1859)
* Calligrapha simillima Stål, 1860
* Calligrapha spiraeae (Say, 1826)
* Calligrapha stali (Jacoby, 1882)
* Calligrapha stillatipennis Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha suboculata Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha suffriani Jacoby, 1882
* Calligrapha suturalis (Fabricius, 1775) (ragweed leaf beetle)
* Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933
* Calligrapha sylvia (Stål, 1860)
* Calligrapha synthesys Gómez-Zurita, 2018
* Calligrapha thermalis Gómez-Zurita, 2013
* Calligrapha thoracica (Jacoby, 1891)
* Calligrapha tiliae Brown, 1945
* Calligrapha tortilis Stål, 1859
* Calligrapha tortuosa (Rogers, 1856)
* Calligrapha tricolorata (Pallister, 1953)
* Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian, 1858)
* Calligrapha vicina Schaeffer, 1933
* Calligrapha vigintimaculata (Chevrolat, 1833)
* Calligrapha violaceomaculata Jacoby, 1878
* Calligrapha virginea Brown, 1945
* Calligrapha wickhami Bowditch, 1911
* Calligrapha zapoteca Gómez-Zurita, 2016

## Gallery

* Calligrapha sp.
* Calligrapha aeneovittata, México
* Calligrapha aladina, México
* Calligrapha amator
* Calligrapha anabelae, México
* Calligrapha ancoralis, Arizona
* Calligrapha argus, Panamá
* Calligrapha arizonica, Arizona
* Calligrapha barda, México
* Calligrapha bigenera, Costa Rica
* Calligrapha confluens, Canada
* Calligrapha discrepans, México
* Calligrapha elegantula, Costa Rica
* Calligrapha eupatris, México
* Calligrapha felina, México
* Calligrapha fulvipes, Guatemala
* Calligrapha guttulosa, Nicaragua
* Calligrapha gyllenhali, México
* Calligrapha heterothecae, Texas
* Calligrapha intermedia, México
* Calligrapha knabi, Canada
* Calligrapha matronalis, Bolivia
* Calligrapha mexicana, México
* Calligrapha multiplagata, Argentina
* Calligrapha multipustulata, México
* Calligrapha opifera, México
* Calligrapha philadelphica
* Calligrapha pnirsa, Canada
* Calligrapha polyspila, Brasil
* Calligrapha pruni, Illinois
* Calligrapha rhoda, Massachusetts
* Calligrapha spiraeae, West Virginia
* Calligrapha sylvia, México
* Calligrapha violaceomaculata, Costa Rica