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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Lytta » Subgenus Paralytta (Lytta Subgenus Paralytta) » Fulvipennis Group (Lytta Fulvipennis Group) » Lytta fulvipennis

Species Lytta fulvipennis

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Tarantula Hawk Mimic - Lytta fulvipennis Lytta fulvipennis LeConte - Lytta fulvipennis TX Lytta - Lytta fulvipennis Orange Beetle - Lytta fulvipennis Flower Beetle - Lytta fulvipennis Flower Beetle - Lytta fulvipennis Pricklypoppy Blister Beetle - Lytta fulvipennis Lytta fulvipennis LeConte - Lytta fulvipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Meloinae
Genus Lytta
No Taxon (Subgenus Paralytta)
No Taxon (Fulvipennis Group)
Species fulvipennis (Lytta fulvipennis)
Other Common Names
Pricklypoppy Blister Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lytta cardinalis Chevrolat
Explanation of Names
Lytta fulvipennis LeConte 1853
fulvipennis = 'yellow-winged'
Size
14-27 mm(1)
Range
sw US (AZ-TX-NE-CO)(2)
Season
2.iii-14.vi; reported in TX in Sep(2)
Food
Adults feed on pricklypoppy (Argemone, Papaveraceae)
Remarks
One AZ record (Thomas Robbins, 2013 pers. comm. to MAQ)
Works Cited
1.The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas
Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.
2.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.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 2 October, 2007 - 2:41am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 October, 2017 - 12:11pm

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