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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Disonycha » Disonycha leptolineata

Species Disonycha leptolineata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)
Genus Disonycha
Species leptolineata (Disonycha leptolineata)
Explanation of Names
Lepto is Greek for fine, slender (1)
Numbers
35 spp. (2)
Range
VA to FL to AZ to KS / Mex., W. Indies, C. Amer. (2)
Season
Adults typically first appear in late February or early March
Food
Florida and Alabama populations are known to feed on the shrub Itea virginica.
Itea virginica L. - Virginia sweetspire - Grossulariaceae (3)
The species has been photographed feeding on nectar.
Life Cycle
Univoltine
Print References
Watts, John R. 1990. Eggs, Larvae, and Biological Notes on Disonycha leptilineata Blatchley (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Insecta Mundi, University of Nebraska State Museum, 4: 1-4.
Internet References
Photo of adult nectaring on tropical milkweed in south Texas - Mike Quinn
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
3.Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occuring in the United States and Canada
By Shawn Clark, Douglas LeDoux, Terry Seeno, Edward Riley, Arthur Gilbert, and James Sullivan. 2004.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 4 July, 2008 - 10:22am
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 August, 2008 - 2:54pm

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