Disonycha xanthomelas

Disonycha xanthomelas is a species in the tribe Alticini ("flea beetles"), in the subfamily Galerucinae ("skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles").[1][2] The species is known generally as the "spinach flea beetle".[3] It is found in North America.[2]

Spinach Flea Beetle, Disonycha xanthomelas, Pryor, OK, USA[4]

Disonycha xanthomelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Galerucinae
Tribe:
Alticini
Genus:
Disonycha
Species:
D. xanthomelas
Binomial name
Disonycha xanthomelas
(Dalman, 1823)

References
  1. "Disonycha xanthomelas Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. "Disonycha xanthomelas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "Disonycha xanthomelas Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. "Images and collection data for Disonycha xanthomelas". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 20 January 2018..

Further reading
  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.


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