Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 70 described species in North America, and over 100 species worldwide.
Selected species These species, and others, belong to the genus Lytta:
Lytta aenea Say, 1824 Lytta aeneipennis (LeConte, 1851) Lytta agrestis (Fall, 1901) Lytta arizonica Selander, 1957 Lytta augusti Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 Lytta auriculata Horn, 1870 (red-eared blister beetle) Lytta battonii Kaszab, 1962 Lytta biguttata LeConte, 1853 Lytta bipuncticollis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 Lytta blaisdelli (Fall, 1909) Lytta boleti Marsham, 1802 Lytta bruchi Pic, 1927 Lytta canelas Selander, 1960 Lytta cardinalis Chevrolat, 1834 Lytta childi LeConte, 1857 Lytta chloris (Fall, 1901) Lytta comans Selander, 1960 Lytta corallifera Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 Lytta cribrata LeConte, 1853 Lytta crotchi (Horn, 1874) Lytta crotchii (Horn, 1874) Lytta cyanipennis (LeConte, 1851) (green blister beetle) Lytta deserticola Horn, 1870 Lytta ebenina (Dugès, 1877) Lytta erebea (Champion, 1892) Lytta erythrothorax (Herrera & Mendoza, 1867) Lytta eucera (Chevrolat, 1834) Lytta flavicollis Gyllenhal, 1817 Lytta fulvipennis LeConte, 1853 Lytta funerea (Fall, 1901) Lytta hirsuta Lytta hoppingi Wellman, 1912 Lytta icterica Gyllenhal, 1817 Lytta insperata (Horn, 1874) Lytta koltzei Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 Lytta lecontei Heyden, 1890 Lytta lineola Lytta lugens (LeConte, 1851) Lytta lugubris (Horn, 1873) Lytta magister Horn, 1870 (master blister beetle) Lytta manicata J.Sahlberg, 1903 Lytta margarita (Fall, 1901) Lytta medvedevi Shapovalov, 2016 Lytta melaena LeConte, 1858 Lytta melanurus (Hope, 1831) Lytta michoacanae (Champion, 1892) Lytta mirifica Werner, 1950 (Anthony blister beetle) Lytta moerens (LeConte, 1851) Lytta moesta (Horn, 1878) Lytta molesta (Horn, 1885) Lytta morosa (Fall, 1901) Lytta morrisoni (Horn, 1891) (Morrison's blister beetle) Lytta mutilata (Horn, 1875) Lytta navajo Werner, 1951 Lytta nigripilis (Fall, 1901) Lytta nigrocyanea Van Dyke, 1929 Lytta nitidicollis (LeConte, 1851) Lytta nuttalli Say, 1824 (Nuttall's blister beetle) Lytta peninsularis (Fall, 1901) Lytta plumbea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 Lytta polita Say, 1824 (bronze blister beetle) Lytta proteus Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 Lytta puberula LeConte, 1866 Lytta quadrimaculata (Chevrolat, 1834) Lytta rathvoni LeConte, 1853 Lytta refulgens Horn, 1870 Lytta regiszahiri Kaszab, 1958 Lytta reticulata Say, 1824 Lytta sanguinea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 Lytta sayi LeConte, 1853 (Say blister beetle) Lytta scitula (Champion, 1892) Lytta scituloides Selander, 1960 Lytta skrylniki Shapovalov, 2016 Lytta sonorae Van Dyke, 1947 Lytta strigata Gyllenhal, 1817 Lytta stygica (LeConte, 1851) Lytta sublaevis (Horn, 1868) Lytta tenebrosa (LeConte, 1851) Lytta unguicularis (LeConte, 1866) Lytta variabilis (Dugès, 1869) Lytta vesicatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) Lytta viridana LeConte, 1866 Lytta vulnerata (LeConte, 1851) † Lytta aesculapii Heer, 1847 † Lytta lithophila (Wickham, 1914)
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