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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Clitostethus » Clitostethus arcuatus

Species Clitostethus arcuatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Psyllobora with C-pattern - Clitostethus arcuatus Psyllobora with C-pattern - Clitostethus arcuatus Clitostethus arcuatus Clitostethus arcuatus Unusual Lady Beetle or not? - Clitostethus arcuatus Unusual Lady Beetle or not? - Clitostethus arcuatus
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
Tribe Scymnini (Dusky Lady Beetles)
Genus Clitostethus
Species arcuatus (Clitostethus arcuatus)
Explanation of Names
Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi 1794)
arcuatus refers to the arc-shaped marking on the back
Size
1.2-1.5 mm
Range
native to the Mediterranean/so. Europe & Middle East, introduced in CA (established in several locations) and other regions around the world for pest control purposes
Food
preys on whiteflies
Remarks
important predator of the ash whitefly (Siphoninus phillyreae)
beetles released in CA (1989) were imported from Israel (Bellows et al. 1992)
See Also
Genus Psyllobora is never hairy.
Internet References
Coccinellidae de Perú
Contributed by v belov on 17 April, 2013 - 3:49pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 24 August, 2015 - 2:25pm

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