Skip to main content
Today is National Trails Day!
Close

Leaf Beetle

Disonycha fumata

Photo by LaurenZarate
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

16.6959, -92.8743

Field Notes

Description:

Yellow Leaf Beetle with black stripes and with the head, thorax and legs all red. The hind legs are greatly enlarged for jumping. Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily Galerucinae.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

Reference Links:

Disonycha species - Disonycha - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Flea Beetles - Disonycha

Disonycha fumata

Reference Link
Miguel.Denyer
1

Comments (2)
thaptor
= Kuschelina tenuilineata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/746640-Kuschelina-tenuilineata more rounded shape than similar Disonycha spp.
LaurenZarate
Thank you Miguel! I think you are right about this one. They are almost identical and I see from other sites that the white stripe can be present or absent (absent in this one). We also often have many species in common between Florida and Chiapas.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Mexico Horn of Plenty
Mission
Beetles!
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

Tags

Photographed
PublishedAugust 27, 2013

Community Sponsor

Butterfly
Become a Community Sponsor and Help Grow our Global Movement!

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Butterflies icon
Become a Community Sponsor

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon

Nature & Conservation Organizations

Brands & Mission-Focused Companies