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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 » Pyrota » Mylabrina Group (Pyrota Mylabrina Group) » Pyrota palpalis

Species Pyrota palpalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Charlie Brown Blister Beetle - Pyrota palpalis - Pyrota palpalis Orange, tan, and black blister beetle - Pyrota palpalis Orange, tan, and black blister beetle - Pyrota palpalis Pyrota palpalis? - Pyrota palpalis Mylabrina Group? - Pyrota palpalis Pyrota palpalis? - Pyrota palpalis Pyrota palpalis Arizona Beetle for ID - Pyrota palpalis
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 Pyrota
No Taxon (Mylabrina Group)
Species palpalis (Pyrota palpalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrota palpalis Champion, 1892
Size
6-17 mm (1)
Range
mostly s. CA to w. TX / nw. Mex. (1)
Season
Aug-Sept (BG data)
Life Cycle
utilize plants of a variety of genera of Asteraceae (1)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Pyrota. I. The Mylabrina Group (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Selander R.B. 1982. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 665-717.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 February, 2008 - 8:48am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, James Bailey
Last updated 22 January, 2019 - 6:44pm

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