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Species Coccidula lepida - Snow Lady Beetle

Representative Images

'Black Arrow Lady Beetle': Coccidula lepida in New Brunswick - Coccidula lepida Coccinellid (?) - Coccidula lepida Coccidula lepida Coccidula lepida Colorful little beetle - Coccidula lepida Lady beetle - Coccidula lepida Lady beetle - Coccidula lepida Snow Lady Beetle - Coccidula lepida

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 Coccidulinae
Tribe Coccidulini
Genus Coccidula
Species lepida (Snow Lady Beetle)

Other Common Names

Black Arrow Lady Beetle

Explanation of Names

Coccidula lepida J.L. LeConte 1852
lepida 'pretty'
English name refers to the beetle's early emergence in spring, when snow may still be on the ground

Size

2.8-3.5 mm

Identification

Gordon's figures(1)
Enlongated narrow shape
Lightly pubescent (hairy)
markings variable:

Range

Map (1)
Nova Scotia to New Jersey, west to Alaska and Colorado. Reaches Pacific coast of Canada, but apparently not west of Rocky Mountains in U.S. "lower 48."

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 Tim Moyer on 28 January, 2009 - 12:51pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 5 February, 2021 - 12:19am

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