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Pennsylvania Flea Beetle - Disonycha pensylvanica
Copyright © 2017 Brett Hondow

Pennsylvania Flea Beetle - Disonycha pensylvanica
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
February 25, 2017
Not sure what this is, found it on a weed by a waterway. The two other images of this beetle I found on the net describe it as a Striped Cucumber beetle, but it doesn't really resemble one. The stripe markings are way different and the pronotum is differently colored and shaped.
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Contributed by Brett Hondow on 25 February, 2017 - 11:06pm
Last updated 26 February, 2017 - 11:46pm

"extra stripes"
are blunt elytral costae, typical for females of Pennsylvania Flea Beetle (and some other genus members, but not D.uniguttata)
… Boris Büche, 3 November, 2018 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brett Hondow, 26 February, 2017 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

Yours has more stripes than this

but guess it is at least a close relative
… john and jane balaban, 26 February, 2017 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

 
I Could be wrong but...
...those "extra" stripes look like glare to me. FWIW, I think you are correct.
… Ron M., 26 February, 2017 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the ID. Looks like it still has the same amount of stripes as the one linked. Actually, after researching their habitat and jumping behavior it makes sense this is what I came across. I saw one a few months back, got a few photos before it leaped off the branch, never to be seen again. :) This one just sat there and let me take 25 pictures. Thanks for the positive ID.
… Brett Hondow, 26 February, 2017 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

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