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Bronze Blister Beetle (Lytta polita)
Species
Lytta polita
- Bronze Blister Beetle
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
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1
)
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2
)
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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)
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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