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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Iron Cross Blister Beetle (Tegrodera)

Genus Tegrodera - Iron Cross Blister Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera erosa Iron Cross Blister Beetle - Tegrodera latecincta Unknown in Tucson, AZ - Tegrodera aloga Iron Cross Blister Beetle - Tegrodera erosa Unidentified Wasp??? - Tegrodera aloga Lytta sp? - Tegrodera aloga Tegradera latecinta or aloga? - Tegrodera aloga Tegrodera aloga
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Meloinae
Tribe Eupomphini
Genus Tegrodera (Iron Cross Blister Beetle)
Other Common Names
Soldier Blister Beetle
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists three species for North America.
Size
15-30 mm
Identification
Large blister beetles, head red, body, elytra black with raised yellow lines.
Food
In the lower Sonoran desert, T. algoa feeds on spring blossoms of Nama hispidum and Eriastrum. (1)
Print References
Werner, p. 122 (1)
Powell and Hogue, fig. 380, pp. 294-295 (2)
Internet References
Brief Account of Tegrodera, by John Pinto of UC Riverside.
Paper on Systematics of Meloidae, has image of Tegrodera mating.
T. aloga--image from Arizona
CalPhoto Image--T. latecincta, taken at Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona
Works Cited
1.Living With Insects of the Southwest: How to Identify Helpful, Harmful and Venomous Insects
By Floyd G. Werner, Carl Olson
2.California Insects
By Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 August, 2004 - 7:06am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 19 February, 2010 - 10:06pm

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