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Species Epicauta fabricii - Ashgray Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle - Epicauta fabricii Epicauta sp.? - Epicauta fabricii Meloidae - Blister Beetles Epicauta - Epicauta fabricii Blister beetle - Epicauta fabricii Epicauta - Epicauta fabricii Epicauta fabricii - Ashgray Blister Beetle? - Epicauta fabricii Epicauta - Epicauta fabricii Epicauta? - Epicauta fabricii
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 Macrobasis)
Species fabricii (Ashgray Blister Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lytta fabricii LeConte 1853
Explanation of Names
Epicauta fabricii (LeConte)
Identification
To distinguish E. murina, see under E. murina; E. flavocinerea, a rare species, has 1st segment in male not very modified, 2nd and 3rd subequal in female, pubescence yellowish
Range
e NA to the Rockies (ME-FL to SK-AZ)(1)(2)(3)
Food
Adult hosts: commonly on Leguminosae, including alfalfa, Baptisia, bean, pea, and sweetclover; sometimes attacks potato and glandless cotton. (FL Ext.)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems