title: Lytta
text: # Lytta
  
  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)
  