{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Italic title}}{{Automatic_taxobox | image = Desmonota.variolosa.jpg | image_caption = ''Polychalca punctatissima'' | taxon = Polychalca | authority = Chevrolat, 1837 | synonyms = *''Phalantha'' <small>Gistl, 1848</small> *''Desmonota'' <small>Hope, 1840</small> *''Pilidionota'' <small>Spaeth, 1913</small> *''Muzonia'' <small>Spaeth, 1913</small> }}
'''''Polychalca''''' is a genus of South American '''tortoise beetles''' belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.
==Subgenera 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)
==References== * [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id731172/ Biolib] * [http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/polychalca.htm Biol.uni.wroc.pl]
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Category:Cassidinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of South America