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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccidulinae » Coccidulini » Rhyzobius » Rhyzobius lophanthae
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Rhizobius lophanthae? - Rhyzobius lophanthae
Copyright © 2018 Bill Gerth

Rhizobius lophanthae? - Rhyzobius lophanthae
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA
August 23, 2018
Size: ~2.5mm
This specimen was collected on an olive plant grown outdoors. There are some black scales on the plants, and I note in "The Coccinellidae of America North of Mexico" that this species was imported to North America (California) for control of black scale on olives. I don't think this ladybug species has been found in Oregon before.

This dorsal view shows the long and short hairs on the elytra.

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Contributed by Bill Gerth on 3 September, 2018 - 6:16pm
Last updated 19 September, 2018 - 4:53pm

Is previously known from OR
Turns out this species has been found in Oregon before. See Wescott et al. 2006. New records and other notes for Oregon Coleoptera.
… Bill Gerth, 19 September, 2018 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

Like R. forestieri, this species is spreading.
I just identified R. forestieri from a specimen in London, England, a few days ago.

Moved from Lady Beetles.
… James Bailey, 5 September, 2018 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID confirmation!
Thanks so much for the help, James.
… Bill Gerth, 5 September, 2018 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Gerth, 3 September, 2018 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

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