Lytta aenea is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] The species is named for the bronze color of its elytrons.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Lytta |
| Species: | L. aenea
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| Lytta aenea Say, 1824
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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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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