Acalymma

Taxobox
name = "Acalymma"


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image_caption = striped cucumber beetle ("Acalymma vittatum")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Chrysomelidae
subfamilia = Galerucinae
genus = "Acalymma"

"Acalymma" is a genus of leaf beetles found mainly in the New World.

The striped cucumber beetle ("Acalymma vittatum") is a major pest of cucurbits such as cucumbers and squash, as it vectors bacterial wilt to the plants as it pierces to suck the plant juices.

Other species include:
*"Acalymma bivittulum"
*"Acalymma blandulum"
*"Acalymma blomorum"
*"Acalymma fairmairei"
*"Acalymma gouldi"
*"Acalymma hirtum"
*"Acalymma inea"
*"Acalymma innubum"
*"Acalymma isogena"
*"Acalymma peregrinum"
*"Acalymma subaeneum"
*"Acalymma thiemei"
*"Acalymma trivittatum"
*"Acalymma undecimpunctata"
*"Acalymma vinctum"