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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)
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flea beetle? - Disonycha xanthomelas
Copyright © 2020 Larry Reis

flea beetle? - Disonycha xanthomelas
Lake Meyer Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 9, 2019
Size: ~6 mm
This beetle reminded me of a spinach flea beetle but it does not have the black mark at the base of its pronotum. Maybe it is in the Disonycha genus though.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 21 May, 2020 - 9:18am
Last updated 23 July, 2020 - 8:36pm

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Disonycha xanthomelas
Thank you very much for taking a close look at this little flea beetle and determining that it is Disonycha xanthomelas! This is the first spinach flea beetle that I've found so that's really cool!
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Alticini
Thank you for identifying this as a flea beetle in the tribe Alticini! I thought it might be a flea beetle.
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