Epicauta rufidorsum is a species of beetle of the family Meloidae.[1]
Epicauta rufidorsum | |
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Adult on Melilotus albus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Meloidae |
Genus: | Epicauta |
Species: | E. rufidorsum
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Binomial name | |
Epicauta rufidorsum Goeze, 1777
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Adults feed on leaves and flowers of various herbaceous plants, whereas larvae feed on Acrididae eggs.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.
- ^ Zandigiacomo, Pietro; Zlatich, Marco (2006). "Epicauta rufidorsum: a Meloid beetle of natural interest harmful to potato in the Triest area". Notiziario ERSA (3–4). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-13.