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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 » Disonycha politula
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Another Leaf Beetle - Disonycha politula
Copyright © 2007 margarethe brummermann

Another Leaf Beetle - Disonycha politula
Catalina State Park, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 15, 2007
I don't know the plant it's on.
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 26 September, 2007 - 11:33am
Last updated 6 April, 2017 - 3:51am

Moved
Moved from Disonycha.

ID done with with key.
Head anteriorly + femora partly pale, elytra metallic + distinctly punctured.
… Boris Büche, 6 April, 2017 - 3:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
… margarethe brummermann, 3 November, 2008 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

This is either Disonycha tria
This is either Disonycha triangularis or D. xanthomelas. Host plants are Chenopodium and beet.
… John Randall Watts, 4 July, 2008 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
pls move to Disonycha page
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… v belov, 2 November, 2008 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 November, 2007 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

flea beetle
Kusche*lina or Disony*cha?
… Boris Büche, 27 September, 2007 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Ragweed?
I am pretty sure I have seen this one on ragweed....
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 September, 2007 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
Could well be, I'm just not s
Could well be, I'm just not sure anymore. In the future I'll always take an identifiable plant photo with these guys
… margarethe brummermann, 26 September, 2007 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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