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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Florida Five-lined Yellow Disonycha
Disonycha quinquelineata

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Leaf Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Chrysomeloidea)

-Leaf Beetles Family (Chrysomelidae)

-Skeletonizing Leaf and Flea Beetles (Subfamily Galerucinae)

-Flea Beetles (Tribe Alticini)

-Subtribe Disonychina

-Genus Disonycha

-Disonycha scriptipennois

-Disonycha quinquelineata


Disonycha quinquelineata, is a species of flea beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. Like other flea beetles, Disonycha quinquelineata can jump considerable distances when disturbed, using their strong hind legs. They tend to prefer plants in the mustard family (Brassicaceae), but can also be found on other broadleaf plants.

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