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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Zygogramma disrupta

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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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Doryphorina
Genus Zygogramma
Species disrupta (Zygogramma disrupta)
Explanation of Names
Zygogramma disrupta (Rogers 1856)
Range
sc. US (AZ-LA-NE-CO) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Season
mostly: Apr-Oct (GBIF data)
Food
Ragweed (Ambrosia, Asteraceae)(3)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.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.