-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)

-Genus Systena

-Pale-striped Flea Beetle (Systena blanda)

Beetles of the genus Systena are small, agile beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles. These beetles are recognized for their ability to jump significant distances relative to their size, similar to fleas, which gives them their common name. Larvae: Feed on roots of host plants, which can include various crops.