''Zygogramma continua'' is a species of beetle belonging to the family

Zygogramma ''Zygogramma'' is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, which includes approximately 100 species. 13 species occur north of Mexico. Adults and larvae are herbivorous on various host plants. '' Zygogramma exclamationis'' is ...

Taxonomy

There is a single subspecies of ''Z. continua'': ''Z. continua fasciatipennis''.

Description

''Z. continua'' is a small

leaf beetle 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 ...

with an orange-brown head and orange-brown

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ea ...

, mottled with yellow at the frontal end. The

elytra An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna ...

are pale white or yellow and marked with four continuous, elongated brown stripes. The suture is also brown.

Distribution and Habitat

''Z. continua'' is native to North America, Canada, and Mexico. Both adults and larvae are associated with the false sunflower species showy goldeneye ('' Heliomeris multiflora'').

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Multiple images of ''Zygogramma continua''
Chrysomelinae Beetles described in 1868 Beetles of North America Beetles of Central America {{Chrysomelinae-stub