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Incidence of Lytta unguicularis (Coleoptera: Meloidae) on hybrid azaleas, Rhododendron SPP., in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.(Report)

From: Florida Entomologist  |  Date: 12/1/2006  |  Author: Grant, Jerome F.; Lambdin, Paris L.; Mayor, Adriean

The genus Lytta (Coleoptera: Meloidae) contains approximately 69 species found in the Nearctic (Pinto & Bologna 2002), primarily in the United States and Mexico. Although this genus contains approximately 17% of all known species of meloids in the Nearctic (n = 410) (Pinto & Bologna 2002), little is known about many of these species of blister beetles. Several Lytta species are extremely uncommon in collections and have not been seen in decades (Pinto & Bologna 1999). One colorful ...

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