Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Disonycha Chevrolat, 1836
Numbers
36 spp. recognized north of Mexico
(2)Identification
Large for flea beetles.
Elytra usually striped. Angular hind corners of
pronotum.
(3)
For incomplete key to spp., see Blake (1933).
Range
Combined range throughout U.S. and southern Canada
(2)Food
a diverse array of plants; larvae are folivorous
(2), most spp. feed on weeds
(3)Life Cycle
Larvae often found together with adults on host plants
(2)Print References
Blake, D.H. 1930. Synonymies of Antillean Chrysomelidae, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 25: 209–223.
Blake, Doris Holmes. 1933. Revision of the Beetles of the Genus Disonycha Occurring in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 82(28): 1-66, pls. 1-8.
Blake, D.H. 1951. New species of chrysomelid beetles of the genera Trirhabda and Disonycha. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(10): 324-328.
Blake, D.H. 1957. A note on two chrysomelid beetles. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 59: 278.
Blake, D.H. 1970. Notes on some chrysomelid beetles from the United States and Argentina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 72: 320-324.
