Species Axion tripustulatum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Axion tripustulata - Axion tripustulatum

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 Axion

Species tripustulatum (Axion tripustulatum)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Axion tripustulata - gender of specific name changed to match genus

Range

New York to Florida, west to Colorado and Texas.

The range map for Axion in Gordon, 1985 (figure 506) is mislabeled. This is the eastern species.

Food

Scale insects.

Print References

Gordon, 1985, especially pp. 615-617, figures 505-506. Figure 506, range map, is mislabeled.(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico (Journal of the New York Entomological Society) Vol. 93, No. 1 (1985) By Robert D. Gordon

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 15 October, 2006 - 9:33am
Additional contributions by Abigail Parker
Last updated 19 December, 2009 - 9:43pm

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