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Calligrapha continua

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ14933170 ↗
Source-derived summary

Calligrapha continua is a species of leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, in the subgenus Zygogramma, which was formerly a genus.

Description

C. continua is a small leaf beetle with an orange-brown head and orange-brown pronotum, mottled with yellow at the frontal end. The elytra are pale white or yellow and marked with four continuous, elongated brown stripes. The suture is also brown.

Distribution and habitat

C. continua is native to North America, Canada, and Mexico. Both adults and larvae are associated with the false sunflower species showy goldeneye (Heliomeris multiflora).

Editorial summary

“Calligrapha continua” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Calligrapha, continua and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 92-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Calligrapha, continua and species.
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This entry incorporates text from “Calligrapha continua” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.