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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (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 » Passionflower Flea Beetle (Disonycha discoidea) » Disonycha discoidea abbreviata
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chrysomelid feeding on flower sap - Disonycha discoidea
Copyright © 2010 drwbug@aol.com

chrysomelid feeding on flower sap - Disonycha discoidea
Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
May 2, 2010
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Contributed by drwbug@aol.com on 20 May, 2010 - 7:35pm
Last updated 4 November, 2018 - 12:04pm

Moved
Moved from Disonycha leptolineata.

Stronger elytral punctures, shape more ovoid.
… Boris Büche, 4 November, 2018 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 May, 2010 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

I would go with...
...Disonycha leptolineata but please wait for an expert to confirm this or correct me :)

… Ron M., 20 May, 2010 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Ron's right
the booze it's augmenting its diet with being, i suspect, honeydew rather than stuff coming from flowers
… v belov, 20 May, 2010 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

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