Biology:Pyrota insulata
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Pyrota insulata | |
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| Yellow-crescent blister beetle (Pyrota insulata) in the USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Coleoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cucujiformia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Meloidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Pyrota |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">P. insulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrota insulata LeConte, 1858
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Pyrota insulata, sometimes known by the common name yellow-crescent blister beetle, is a blister beetle, so called because if squeezed, it can produce an irritant called cantharidin that causes a blister on exposed human skin.
Distribution
Pyrota insulata is found in the USA (mainly in Texas, Arizona and Wyoming) and Mexico.
Description
Pyrota insulata grows to a size of about 2 cm.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2607751 entry
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