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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 » Pigweed Flea Beetle (Disonycha glabrata)

Species Disonycha glabrata - Pigweed Flea Beetle

Disonycha glabrata? - Disonycha glabrata

Pigweed Flea Beetle - Disonycha glabrata

Seven-lined black-and-white beetle - Disonycha glabrata

White-striped beetle - Disonycha glabrata

Disonycha glabrata_Pigweed Flea Beetle_IMG_1511_2 - Disonycha glabrata

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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)

Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)

No Taxon (Disonycha Genus Group)

Genus Disonycha

Species glabrata (Pigweed Flea Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Disonycha glabrata (Fabricius)

Size

5.4-6.5 mm length,

2.8-3.4 mm width (1)

Identification

Elongate. Head yellow and black. Pronotum yellowish with a single spot in the middle, or sometimes three spots.

Elytra yellowish with three wide black stripes on each elytron, with the marginal edge black -- an important character (1).

Only the western species Disonycha maritima also has the elytral edge black.

Dets. E.G. Riley, 2009, M.A. Quinn, 2013

Range

e. US, se AZ (NY-IL-FL-e.TX/AZ) / Mex. to S. Amer. - Map (2)(3)

Season

Mostly: May-Sept (BG data)

Food

Pigweed - Amaranthus spp. (Amaranthaceae) (4)

also Passiflora (Passifloreaceae) - BG data

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2012

Works Cited

1.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	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.

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 July, 2006 - 7:08am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche
Last updated 3 August, 2024 - 12:34pm

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