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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Cinerea Group (Epicauta Cinerea Group) » Black Blister Beetle (Epicauta pensylvanica)
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Epicauta pensylvanica? - Epicauta pensylvanica
Copyright © 2016 Steve Scholnick

Epicauta pensylvanica? - Epicauta pensylvanica
Lois Green Nature Park, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
September 4, 2016
Size: ~13mm est. from photo
I think this is Epicauta pensylvanica but would appreciate confirmation of the species ID. Found on goldenrod

Thanks in advance for the help

PS: ITIS.gov has the spelling Epicauta pennsylvanica listed as an invalid name (“invalid - unavailable, literature misspelling”)(here)

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 5 September, 2016 - 5:57pm
Last updated 22 August, 2020 - 3:14pm

Moved
Moved from Black Blister Beetle.
… v belov, 22 August, 2020 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black Blister Beetle.
… v belov, 22 August, 2020 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Epicauta.
… v belov, 22 August, 2020 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Epicauta; pensylvanica prob correct species too.
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 September, 2016 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

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