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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) » Sericans Group (Epicauta Sericans Group) » Epicauta sericans

Species Epicauta sericans

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Flower Beetle - Epicauta sericans Epicauta sericans LeConte - Epicauta sericans Epicauta (E.) sp. [fortis, sericans, or ferruginea] - Epicauta sericans Unknown 'Bug' - Epicauta sericans Beetles in prickly pear flowers - Epicauta sericans Silky Blister Beetle - Epicauta sericans Silky Blister Beetle - Epicauta sericans Epicauta sericans
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 sericans (Epicauta sericans)
Explanation of Names
Epicauta sericans LeConte 1866
serica (L). silk, silken (1)
Size
8-13 mm (2)
Identification
uniform pubescence, lack of dark elytral markings, broad pronotum, short ant. which widen apically, and large eyes (2)
Range
Plains to Rockies - Map (2)(3)
Season
May-Sep (2)
Life Cycle
adults on bean leaves (2)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1866. New species of North American Coleoptera. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1 (concluded). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6: 87-168.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 4 April, 2009 - 5:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 February, 2022 - 10:50pm

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