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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 fumata
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Disonycha species - Disonycha fumata
Copyright © 2008 Rob Klotz

Disonycha species - Disonycha fumata
Gila River, Graham County, Arizona, USA
June 17, 2008
Size: ~1cm
Which Disonycha sp? There seems to be a lot of variation in this genus.

Found feeding on Coyote Willow (Salix exigua).
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Contributed by Rob Klotz on 20 June, 2008 - 7:14pm
Last updated 13 August, 2022 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from Striped Willow Leaf Beetle.
… Mike Quinn, 13 August, 2022 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Disonycha.

ID verified on Margarethe Brummermann's individual.
… Boris Büche, 9 November, 2018 - 5:43am login or register to post comments

same as mine

but that doesn't help much
… margarethe brummermann, 20 December, 2008 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2008 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

The host plant puts it in the
The host plant puts it in the D. alternata species group. It is either D. alternata or D. pluriligata var. pura as these are the only two species occurring in Arizona from that group.
… John Randall Watts, 14 July, 2008 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 10 July, 2008 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Disonycha arizonae
I think this is Disonycha arizonae. Compare here
… Rob Westerduijn, 23 June, 2008 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Rob
looks like the one
… Rob Klotz, 23 June, 2008 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Nice shot,
Cool beetle Rob.
… Bob Beatson, 22 June, 2008 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

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