-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Blister Beetles (Family Meloidae)

-​Subfamily Nemognathinae

-Tribe Horiini

-Genus Cissites

-Big-eared Blister Beetle (Cissites auriculata)

Adult beetles are typically herbivorous, feeding on the leaves and flowers of various plants, but they can also produce toxic substances as a defense mechanism, a characteristic shared by many blister beetles. These chemicals, called cantharidin, can cause skin irritation or blistering upon contact.