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Species Phodaga marmorata

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 Eupomphini

Genus Phodaga

Species marmorata (Phodaga marmorata)

Explanation of Names

Phodaga marmorata (Casey 1891)

Size

6-16 mm

Range

s. CA to w. TX, CO - Map (GBIF), Rio Grande Valley from near Albuquerque, NM, to the Big Bend region (TX) and west through so. AZ and Sonora to the Colorado and Mojave deserts of CA(1)

Season

late Jun to mid-Oct(1)

Food

adults on Pectis papposa (native), Kallstroemia grandiflora (introduced), Tribulus terrestris (introduced)(1)

Works Cited

1.	A taxonomic review of Cysteodemus, Phodaga, and Pleuropasta with a new generic synonymy Pinto J.D. 1984. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86: 127-143.

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 2 December, 2006 - 12:27pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 4:28pm

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