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Species Exochomus metallicus

Lady Beetle in Redondo Beach - Exochomus metallicus

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 Chilocorinae

Genus Exochomus

Species metallicus (Exochomus metallicus)

Explanation of Names

Exochomus metallicus Korschefsky 1935

Range

native to e. Africa, introduced and established in so. CA(1)

Remarks

introduced from Eritrea in 1954 for control of the citricola and black scales; found in infestations of the Planococcus citri (Citrus Mealybug) on host plants other than citrus(1)

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.

Contributed by v belov on 27 February, 2017 - 9:52am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 11 July, 2017 - 5:25pm

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