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| Lytta aenea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Lytta |
| Species: | L. aenea
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| Lytta aenea Say, 1824
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Lytta aenea is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in eastern North America from Texas to New England and as far west as the great plains.[1][2][3][4] The species is named for the bronze color of its elytrons.[5]
It primarily feeds on flowers of the family Rosaceae. Additional food sources include willow flowers, hickory flowers, and oak leaves.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lytta aenea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Lytta aenea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Lytta aenea species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b Selander, R. B. (1960). "Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". Illinois Biological Monographs. 28. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50342. hdl:2142/27166.
- ^ "aeneus", Wiktionary, the free dictionary, 2023-02-09, retrieved 2024-04-16
Further reading
[edit]- Selander, R. B. (1960). "Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". Illinois Biological Monographs. 28. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50342. hdl:2142/27166.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
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