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Species Epicauta ferruginea

Unknown - Epicauta ferruginea Blister Beetle - Epicauta ferruginea Epicauta sp. - Epicauta ferruginea tan beetle - Epicauta ferruginea Epicauta? - Epicauta ferruginea Blister Beetle - Epicauta ferruginea Blister Beetle on Golden Rod, Big Horn, WY - Epicauta ferruginea Orange Epicauta on Solidago gigantea - Epicauta ferruginea
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Meloinae
Tribe Epicautini
Genus Epicauta
No Taxon (subgenus Epicauta)
No Taxon (Sericans Group)
Species ferruginea (Epicauta ferruginea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lytta ferruginea Say 1824
Explanation of Names
Epicauta ferruginea (Say)
ferruginea 'rust-colored'
Size
6-9 mm(1)
Range
AB-NV to SK-TX(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)