Disonycha glabrata

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Disonycha glabrata, the pigweed flea beetle, is a striped beetle in the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). It feeds on pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) and lays eggs in the plant. The larvae develop through three instars: first instar about 3.6 days, second about 2.6 days, and the third about 2.9 days, with roughly 13.5 days spent in the soil during this stage. Scientific classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Arthropoda; Class Insecta; Order Coleoptera; Family Chrysomelidae; Genus Disonycha; Species D. glabrata. Binomial name Disonycha glabrata (Fabricius, 1775).