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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Lytta » Subgenus Pomphopoea (Lytta Subgenus Pomphopoea) » Bronze Blister Beetle (Lytta polita)

Species Lytta polita - Bronze Blister Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
Genus Lytta
No Taxon (Subgenus Pomphopoea)
Species polita (Bronze Blister Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Lytta polita Say 1824
polita (L). 'polished'
Size
13-22 mm(1)
Range
se. US (NJ-FL-LA) - Map (1)(2)(3)
Season
Dec-May (1)(3)
Food
Adults said to feed on pine pollen
Remarks
taken in large numbers at lights
Internet References
Featured Creatures (Selander & Fasulo 2010)(4)
Works Cited
1.Bionomics, systematics and phylogeny of Lytta, a genus of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae).
Selander, R.B. 1960. Illinois Biological Monographs, No. 28, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
2.The Meloidae of Maryland
Staines C.L. 1983. Maryland Entomologist 2(3): 41-52.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 March, 2005 - 12:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 March, 2024 - 2:57pm

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