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Flea Beetle - Disonycha pensylvanica
Copyright © 2008 MoeAtIowaVoice

Flea Beetle - Disonycha pensylvanica
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
July 1, 2008
Size: 7mm
Flea beetle for sure, but could it be a "pigweed" Disonycha glabrata up here in Iowa - and on Day Lily? Right now I have him identified as Disonycha sp. Any help would be great.
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Contributed by MoeAtIowaVoice on 18 July, 2008 - 6:13pm
Last updated 5 November, 2009 - 8:24pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… MoeAtIowaVoice, 20 July, 2008 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

I am not an expert but...
I agree with it being Disonycha, but I thought Disonycha pensylvanica because of the markings on the pronotum. Your specimen appears to have a border around the elytra which would also point me toward Disonycha pensylvanica ...


But again, I am no expert :)
… Ron M., 19 July, 2008 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
And that would make this a fi
And that would make this a first for Iowa, here on BugGuide.
… MoeAtIowaVoice, 20 July, 2008 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ron! I think your ID
Thanks, Ron! I think your ID is correct!
… MoeAtIowaVoice, 20 July, 2008 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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