title: Polychalca
text: # Polychalca
  
  Polychalca is a genus of tortoise beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.
  
  ## Subgenus and species
  
  Subgenus
  
  * Desmonota Hope, 1839
     * Polychalca aerea (Boheman, 1850)
     * Polychalca duponti (Boheman, 1850)
     * Polychalca gravida (Boheman, 1850)
     * Polychalca platynota (Germar, 1824)
     * Polychalca salebrosa (Boheman, 1850)
  
  Subgenus
  
  * Polychalca Chevrolat, 1837
     * Polychalca cariosa (Boheman, 1850)
     * Polychalca decora (Perty, 1830)
     * Polychalca dentipennis (Boheman, 1850)
     * Polychalca nickerli (Spaeth, 1907)
     * Polychalca perforata (Boheman, 1850)
     * Polychalca punctatissima (Wolf, 1818)
     * Polychalca turpis (Boheman, 1850)
  