Epicauta pensylvanica

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Meloidae
Subfamilia: Meloinae
Tribus: Epicautini
Genus: Epicauta
Species: Epicauta pensylvanica

Epicauta pensylvanica, known generally as the black blister beetle or black aster bug, is a species of burning blister beetle in the family Meloidae.[1][2]

The species name is sometimes spelled with a double "n", "Epicauta pennsylvanica".
Epicauta pensylvanica
References

"Epicauta pensylvanica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

"Epicauta pensylvanica". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

Further reading

Campos-Soldini, M. P.; Safenraiter, M. E.; Wagner, L. S.; Fernández, E. N.; et al. (2018). "Checklist of Epicauta Dejean from America (Meloidae, Meloinae, Epicautini)". ZooKeys (807): 47–125. doi:10.3897/zookeys.807.23375. PMC 6305358. PMID 30595653.