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Species Stethorus punctillum - Lesser Mite Destroyer

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Scymninae
Genus Stethorus (Spider Mite Destroyers)
Species punctillum (Lesser Mite Destroyer)
Explanation of Names
Stethorus punctillum Weise, 1891
Range
introduced and established in NA (MA to e. WI, PNW) - Map (1)(2), native to the Palaearctic
Food
A variety of mites
Remarks
Introduced from Europe as biological control in 1955; it failed to get established, so it was reintroduced repeatedly later on.
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
2.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 24 May, 2011 - 1:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, James Bailey
Last updated 9 March, 2024 - 4:08pm

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