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Yellow and black striped beetle - Disonycha pluriligata
Copyright © 2010 Natalie McNear

Yellow and black striped beetle - Disonycha pluriligata
San Pedro River, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
April 17, 2010
Size: 5 mm body length
Found on weeds growing near a river... Most closely resembles Disonycha fumata, but has black markings on the pronotum.

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Yellow and black striped beetle - Disonycha pluriligata Yellow and black striped beetle - Disonycha pluriligata
Contributed by Natalie McNear on 21 April, 2010 - 1:53am
Last updated 24 May, 2022 - 1:50pm

Moved
Moved from Disonycha.
… Boris Büche, 24 May, 2022 - 1:50pm

fumata prob. not
relation antennal segments 3/4
… Boris Büche, 9 November, 2018 - 11:30am

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
… Natalie McNear, 21 April, 2010 - 12:01pm

Disonycha, yes
Difficult group. I collected a few spp. in AZ, but I dont believe any with this color pattern.
… Blaine Mathison, 21 April, 2010 - 7:38am

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