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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Epicauta tricostata
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Epicauta - Epicauta tricostata
Copyright © 2010 margarethe brummermann

Epicauta - Epicauta tricostata
Willcox Playa, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 10, 2010
Size: 6 mm
Elytra not just striped but striated. Mostly on Solanaceae
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 11 August, 2010 - 7:51pm
Last updated 26 October, 2015 - 8:59am

Epicauta tricostata (Werner) -- det. J.D. Pinto
Moved from Epicauta.
… v belov, 15 August, 2010 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Epicauta albolineata (Duges, 1887)
This keys out well to E. albolineata in Warner et al's 1966 treatment of the Meloidae of Arizona. There is a note that it was collected outside Willcox on the grass, Aristida. Other records include: 'Cochise Co; 32 mi. SE Willcox' so it is definately in the area.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 August, 2010 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Do you know which subgenus we are dealing with?
… margarethe brummermann, 12 August, 2010 - 12:47am login or register to post comments

 
not really
BG doesnt seem to be exactly the same as Werner et al.
… Blaine Mathison, 12 August, 2010 - 4:39am login or register to post comments

 
Seeme a real nice fit
thanks again, Blaine!
… margarethe brummermann, 12 August, 2010 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 11 August, 2010 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

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