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''Calopteron'' is a genus of
''Calopteron'' is a genus of net-winged beetle
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregion ...
s in the family Lycidae
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions ...
.
They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (''Lycomorpha pholus
''Lycomorpha pholus'', the black-and-yellow lichen moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to South Dakota and Texas. The habitat consists of short-grass prairie.
The wingspan ...
'', '' Pyromorpha dimidiata'').
There are about 13 described species in ''Calopteron''.Species
These 13 species belong to the genus ''Calopteron'': * '' Calopteron anxium'' Bourgeois, 1879 * '' Calopteron cyanipenne'' Pic, 1922 * ''Calopteron discrepans
''Calopteron discrepans'', the banded net-winged beetle, is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles a ...
'' (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle)
* '' Calopteron leovazquezae'' Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
* '' Calopteron megalopteron'' LeConte, 1861
* '' Calopteron quadraticollle'' Taschenberg, 1874
* '' Calopteron reticulatum'' (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing)
* '' Calopteron scenicum'' Bourgeois, 1889
* '' Calopteron serratum'' (L., 1758)
* '' Calopteron terminale'' (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing)
* '' Calopteron terminatum'' Latreille, 1833
* '' Calopteron tricolor'' Olivier, 1790
* '' Calopteron tropicum'' (L., 1764)
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* Lycidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{lycidae-stub