''Disonycha glabrata'' is a species of striped
flea beetle in the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. It feeds on ''
Amaranthus retroflexus'' and lays eggs in it. The first stadium (duration of the first instar)for the larvae of this species is 3.6 days. The second stadium lasts 2.6 days following by 2.9 days of the third stadium, during which time the species also spends 13.5 days in the
soil.
References
Beetles described in 1986
Alticini
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