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Species Lytta lecontei

Lytta lecontei Heyden - Lytta lecontei - male Lytta lecontei (Male and Female) - Lytta lecontei - male - female Cactus Insect # 4 - Lytta lecontei Red insect with two spots - Lytta lecontei orange blister beetle - Lytta lecontei
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
Genus Lytta
No Taxon (Subgenus Paralytta)
No Taxon (Fulvipennis Group)
Species lecontei (Lytta lecontei)
Explanation of Names
Lytta lecontei Heyden 1890
Size
13-20 mm (1)
Identification
Head and pronotum orange, pronotum with two black spots (1)

Det. R.B. Selander, 1953
Range
Dallas to ne. Mex. (n. Tamps) - Map (1)(2)
Season
Mar-Sep (1)
Life Cycle
the most common plant asso. appears to be with Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa, Onagraceae) (1)(3)
See Also
similar to Lytta biguttata LeConte - a smaller variable beetle that often has a spotted pronotum and a black head, but can be orange throughout
- Range: Rockies and Great Plains
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.iNaturalist