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Species Epicauta ferruginea

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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

Tribe Epicautini

Genus Epicauta

No Taxon (subgenus Epicauta)

No Taxon (Sericans Group)

Species ferruginea (Epicauta ferruginea)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lytta ferruginea Say 1824

Explanation of Names

Epicauta ferruginea (Say)

ferruginea 'rust-colored'

Size

6-9 mm(1)

Range

AB-NV to SK-TX(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 12 December, 2008 - 3:29pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 June, 2023 - 2:18am

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