Latin Name:  Disonycha fumata Le Conte, 1858
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Length:  6.0 - 7.7 mm

Range: Alberta

Habitat: Various

Time of year seen: April to september

Diet: Weeds

Other: There are 33 species of  Disonycha in North America.  Most of them eat weeds.  Distinctive features of this genus include striped elytra, an enlarged hind femora, and relatively large size compared to other flea beetles. (White, 1983)

Disonycha fumata has the following identifying characteristics:  elongate oval body, head yellow in color, black labrum, the antennae are long (to at least 1/2 body length), pronotum is evenly convex and shining yellow with 2 black discal spots, the elytra is yellow with black sutural, medial, and submarginal bands or vittae, the venter and femora are reddish yellow, the tibiae and tarsi are black, the apical tarsal segment and claws are brown.  (Disonycha lodingi Schaeffer, 1919, Jour. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 27: 337)