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Species Harmonia quadripunctata - Four-spotted Lady Beetle

Cream-Streaked Lady Beetle - Harmonia quadripunctata

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 Coccinellinae

Genus Harmonia

Species quadripunctata (Four-spotted Lady Beetle)

Other Common Names

Four-spot Ladybird, Cream-streaked Lady Beetle, Cream-streaked Ladybird, Ladybug Harlequin

Explanation of Names

Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan 1763)

the variety of common names reflects color variation

Size

5.0-8.0 mm(1)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in ne US (RI-NJ)(1)(2)(3)

Habitat

mostly low-altitude conifer forests, primarily on pine; overwinters under fallen bark, sometimes in aggregations(4)

Food

aphids, incl. Pineus pini, Lachnus pinicola(4)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NJ 1924 (Vandenberg 1990)

Print References

Vandenberg, N.J. 1990. First North American records for Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontopiddian) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae); a lady beetle native to the Palaearctic. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 92: 407-410. Full PDF

Works Cited

1.	Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America Robert Gordon and Natalia Vandenberg. 1991. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.

2.	The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation concerns Majka C.G., McCorquodale D.B. 2006. Zootaxa 1154: 49–68.

3.	Adventive lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Canadian Maritime Provinces... Hoebeke E.R., Wheeler A.G. 1996. Entomological News 107: 281-290.

4.	Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by v belov on 7 March, 2014 - 8:50am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 September, 2017 - 8:28am

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