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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Harmonia dimidiata

Species Harmonia dimidiata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Harmonia dimidiata (Fabricius) - Harmonia dimidiata

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 dimidiata (Harmonia dimidiata)

Explanation of Names

Harmonia dimidiata (Fabricius)

Orig. Comb: Coccinella dimidiata Fabricius, 1781

Size

Length 7.40 to 10.0 mm (1) One of the largest lady beetles in North America.

Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2014

Range

FL: established in eight counties (2) / native to east Asia, Type locality: Nepal

Food

introduced for biocontrol of Green Citrus Aphid - Aphis spiraecola Patch

Remarks

"The initial introduction ... from south China into California in 1924. It was released in 1925 for aphid control, but did not become established. A shipment sent to Florida from California in 1925 was released in 1926 with establishment resulting. In 1959 it was introduced into Oregon from India for control of the balsam woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae) but did not become established. At present H. dimidiata occurs only in Florida." (1)

See Also

Epilachna tredecimnotata (Latreille) - Range: AZ, w. TX

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.

2.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 5 October, 2008 - 10:56pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 22 October, 2014 - 3:49pm

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