Calligrapha californica

Calligrapha californica is a species of beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles or Chrysomelidae). It is found in the United States and Canada.

Calligrapha californica
Picture taken in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada in June 2006
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Calligrapha
Species:	C. californica
Binomial name
Calligrapha californica (Linell, 1896)[1]
Subspecies
Calligrapha californica californica Calligrapha californica coreopsivora Brown, 1945[2][3]
Synonyms
Calligrapha (Bidensomela) californica Calligrapha coreopsivora Calligrapha elegans (Olivier) Beaulne, 1939[4] Calligrapha elegans var. californica Linell, 1896 Chrysomela elegans Olivier, 1807,[5] not Gmelin, 1789