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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 Macrobasis (Epicauta subgenus Macrobasis) » Epicauta subglabra

Species Epicauta subglabra

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Food
Epicauta on Aletes acaulis - Epicauta subglabra - male Slim oil beetle - Epicauta subglabra - male - female Slim oil beetle - Epicauta subglabra - male - female Dark brown beetle - Epicauta subglabra - male Dark brown beetle - Epicauta subglabra Blister beetle - Epicauta subglabra Meloidae? - Epicauta subglabra Black beetle - Epicauta subglabra
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 subglabra (Epicauta subglabra)
Other Common Names
Sometimes called Caragana Beetle, see https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/documents/insects/hrddef/page17.pdf
Explanation of Names
Epicauta subglabra (Fall 1922)
Food
This species appears to have a preference for Fabaceae. Many observations on iNaturalist and on Bugguide show the beetles on Vicia cracca, V. americana, Medicago sativa, Melilotus arvensis, Astragalus agrestis, Lathyrus spp. and Caragana arborescens. However, the species also occasionally feeds on plants in other families.
Contributed by v belov on 25 March, 2013 - 7:05am
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck
Last updated 10 June, 2023 - 9:40am

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