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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 » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Cinerea Group (Epicauta Cinerea Group) » Black Blister Beetle (Epicauta pensylvanica)

Species Epicauta pensylvanica - Black Blister Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited

Epicauta pennsylvanica - Epicauta pensylvanica - male - female

Id help needed - blister beetle - Epicauta pensylvanica

Black blister beetle - Epicauta pensylvanica

MELOIDAE Black Blister Beetle Epicauta pennsylvanica - Epicauta pensylvanica

MELOIDAE Epicauta pensylvanica? Black blister beetle - Epicauta pensylvanica

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

Tribe Epicautini

Genus Epicauta

No Taxon (subgenus Epicauta)

No Taxon (Cinerea Group)

Species pensylvanica (Black Blister Beetle)

Other Common Names

Black Aster Bug

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epicauta pennsylvanica (unjustified emendation)

"The original spelling was with one n -- a common variant for the state back then -- so I adopted that in my 1991 revision. I probably shouldn't have since the double n had become dominant." (J.D. Pinto, pers. comm. to =v= 11/09/09)

Explanation of Names

Epicauta pensylvanica (De Geer 1775)

Size

7-15 mm

Range

e. NA to AB-AZ - Map (1)(2)

Food

asso. w/ Asteraceae, such as goldenrods and asters. May damage crops, such as beets, potatoes, tomatoes.

See Also

Dark forms of:

Epicauta funebris

Epicauta cinerea

Works Cited

1.	Blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) of Wisconsin: distribution and ecology Marschalek D.A. 2013. University of Wisconsin - Madison. PhD dissertation. viii+349 pp.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 10 July, 2005 - 4:41pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 5 October, 2022 - 12:07pm

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