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| Epicauta fabricii | |
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| Epicauta fabricii, ashgray blister beetle, Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Meloinae |
| Tribe: | Epicautini |
| Genus: | Epicauta |
| Species: | E. fabricii
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| Binomial name | |
| Epicauta fabricii (LeConte, 1853)
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Epicauta fabricii, the ashgray blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] The adults feed on the foliage of honeylocusts, black locusts, and legumes like alfalfa, and the larvae feed on grasshopper eggs.[5] Adults have been directly observed feeding on sweet clover, wild indigo, soybean, and locoweed.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Epicauta fabricii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Epicauta fabricii". GBIF. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Epicauta fabricii species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Pinto, John D. (1991). "The Taxonomy of North American Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae), with a Revision of the Nominate Subgenus and a Survey of Courtship Behavior". University of California publications in entomology. 110.
- ^ "Ashgray Blister Beetle". University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Blister Beetles of Montana". Montana State University Extension. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Epicauta fabricii at iNaturalist
Media related to Epicauta fabricii at Wikimedia Commons
