Species Disonycha pensylvanica

Classification · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited

Striped Flea Beetle? - Disonycha pensylvanica

Disonycha pensylvanica (Illiger) - Disonycha pensylvanica

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)

Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)

Genus Disonycha

Species pensylvanica (Disonycha pensylvanica)

Size

Length 5.1-6.5 mm (1)

Range

Widely dist. e. NoAm. / Mex., C. Amer. (2)

Habitat

For the most part found near aquatic habitats (1)

Season

March-August (in Alabama) (1)

Food

Food plants are in the genus Polygonum.

Works Cited

1.	The leaf beetles of Alabama By Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 January, 2006 - 10:19am
Additional contributions by Stephen Cresswell, Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 May, 2009 - 6:15pm

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