Species Chilocorus circumdatus - Red Chilocorus

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References

Little spike balls - Chilocorus circumdatus

Beetle and pupa - Chilocorus circumdatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Cucujoidea (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)

Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)

Subfamily Chilocorinae

Genus Chilocorus

Species circumdatus (Red Chilocorus)

Size

3-4 mm

Identification

Body all red, except for a narrow black margin on outer edge of elytra.

Range

Native to SE-Asia, introduced and established in Australia, and it seems, also in Florida (released 1996 to control Citrus Snow Scale). Used as a biological control agent in greenhouses in Europe.

Food

Scale insects.

Internet References

University of Florida Featured Creatures: Ladybird beetles

Brisbane insects

Drawings of all life stages are in Common Species of Coccineliidae of the Indian Region

Contributed by Boris Büche on 17 June, 2008 - 2:54am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Chuck Entz
Last updated 17 June, 2008 - 3:09pm

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