Abstract: Two new host plants, Acacia decurrens (Wendl.) Willd. (Mimosaceae) and Acacia sophorae (Labill.) R.Br. (Mimosaceae) are recorded for two Calomela species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Australia. Calomela ioptera (Baly, 1856) feeds on A. decurrens (Blue Mountains, NSW) and A. sophorae (Tewantin, Queensland), while C. crassicornis (Fabricius, 1775) feeds on A. sophorae (Noosa, Queensland). Notes are also provided on Acacia decurrens (Wendl.) Willd., a food plant of Calomela parilis Lea, 1903 and C. curtisi (Kirby, 1818) from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.

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