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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Sorrowful Lady Beetle (Hippodamia moesta) » Hippodamia moesta moesta

Subspecies Hippodamia moesta moesta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Hyperaspis species? - Hippodamia moesta Hyperaspis species? - Hippodamia moesta Ladybug - Hippodamia moesta Unknown beetle - Hippodamia moesta Unknown beetle - Hippodamia moesta Matte Black Ladybug - Hippodamia moesta Coccinellinae - Hippodamia moesta Coccinellinae - Hippodamia moesta
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 Hippodamia
Species moesta (Sorrowful Lady Beetle)
Subspecies moesta (Hippodamia moesta moesta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: LeConte, 1854
Numbers
One of three subspecies of Hippodamia moesta in North America
Range
Map: northern CA to BC (1)
Habitat
Coastal and low-altitude areas
Food
Aphids
See Also
Hippodamia moesta bowditchi separable by habitat and usually by range: high altitudes, not west of Rocky Mountains, east into Montana.
Print References
Gordon, 1985, especially p. 739, figures 604-605(1)
LeConte, J.L. 1854. Descriptions of some new Coleoptera from Oregon. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7:16-20.
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 Abigail Parker on 20 September, 2009 - 7:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 April, 2012 - 2:43pm

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