Cleome-feeder

Guides

• Zonitis atripennis

  Zonitis atripennis is a blister beetle in the family Meloidae, found in North America. Adults feed on plants of the genus Cleome, while larvae develop as kleptoparasites in nests of various bee species. The species was described by Thomas Say in 1823 and includes two recognized subspecies: Z. a. atripennis and Z. a. terminalis.

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