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Epicauta atrata is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae.[1][2] It is found in Central America and North America. This species is generally characterized by a red head, and an all black body. They attack the eggs of Epicauta vittata, a crop pest found in the East Coast. [2]
References
- ↑ "Epicauta atrata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Epicauta atrata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- 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, vol. 110, x + 372.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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