Acalymma blandulum

Description

Acalymma blandulum is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico. There are three subspecies of Acalymma blandulum: A. blandulum blandulum (J. L. LeConte, 1868) – United States: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; Mexico: Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas. A. blandulum nigriventre Munroe & Smith, 1980 – Mexico: Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Mexico, Zacatecas. A. blandulum yucatanense Munroe & Smith, 1980 – Mexico: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán. Acalymma is a genus of leaf beetles found mainly in the New World. Approximately 72 species have been described in the Western Hemisphere.