HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Lebiina » Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles (Lebia) » subgenus Loxopeza (Lebia subgenus Loxopeza) » tricolor group (Lebia tricolor group) » Large Foliage Ground Beetle (Lebia grandis)

Species Lebia grandis - Large Foliage Ground Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Large Foliage Ground Beetle - Lebia grandis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Harpalitae

Tribe Lebiini

Subtribe Lebiina

Genus Lebia (Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles)

No Taxon (subgenus Loxopeza)

No Taxon (tricolor group)

Species grandis (Large Foliage Ground Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lebia grandis Hentz 1830

Size

8-11 mm

Identification

A large Lebia with yellow/orange head and pronotum, and blue/green elytra deeply striated (several spp. cannot be separated from L. grandis based on external characters)

Range

e NA (QC-GA to SD-TX) - Map (1)(2)

Season

Late spring to fall (Mar-Sep, Nov in NC(3); Apr-Aug, Dec in SC(4); adults emerge May-Jun in MD)

Food

Adults prey on other insects, especially larval beetles. Larvae parasitize Leptinotarsa decemlineata, L. juncta, Crioceris asparagi, and others.(5)

Life Cycle

Adults overwinter; two generations per year in se. US

Remarks

Adults active primarily at night.

Used as biocontrol(5)

See Also

four spp. in this group: so. AZ to w. TX

Internet References

Fact sheet - Weber & Riddick, USDA-ARS (5)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

4.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.

5.	Cornell Insect Diagnostic Lab factsheets

Contributed by Cotinis on 7 June, 2005 - 2:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 July, 2022 - 11:33am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version