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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Disonycha Genus Group » Disonycha » Spinach Flea Beetle (Disonycha xanthomelas)

Species Disonycha xanthomelas - Spinach Flea Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Spinach Flea Beetle - Disonycha xanthomelas Spinach Flea Beetle - Disonycha xanthomelas Black and Red beetle - Disonycha xanthomelas Disonycha xanthomelas? - Disonycha xanthomelas Flea Beetle - Disonycha xanthomelas Spinach Flea Beetle - Disonycha xanthomelas Black & red beetle - Disonycha xanthomelas Chrysomelidae, Spinach Flea Beetle, lateral - Disonycha xanthomelas - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Disonycha Genus Group)
Genus Disonycha
Species xanthomelas (Spinach Flea Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Disonycha xanthomelas (Dalman)
Orig. Comb: Haltica xanthomelas Dalman 1823
Identification
head, elytra, and legs, except at base, black (1)
note black at base of pronotum
Range
AZ-FL-PE-NT - Map (2)(3), (basically everywhere except west coast states and provences)
Food
most recorded associations [with] plants other than Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, and possibly Caryophyllaceae were probably adventitious (4)
Life Cycle
on the underside of lambsquarters leaves
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Beetles of the Genus Disonycha Occuring in America North of Mexico
Doris Holmes Blake. 1933. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol 82.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 30 July, 2007 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 January, 2025 - 6:11pm

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