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Pigweed Flea Beetle

Disonycha glabrata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 5, February 4, March 1, April 4, May 8, June 16, July 68, August 127, September 88, October 32, November 12, December 4.
United States3,845
Mexico369
Virginia339
Texas313
Kentucky312
Maryland298
New Jersey275
Pennsylvania259
North Carolina223
Indiana212

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusDisonycha

Sources

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