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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Plant-eating Lady Beetles (Epilachninae)

Subfamily Epilachninae - Plant-eating Lady Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
lady beetle, what species? - Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata underside squash lady beetle - Epilachna borealis Alfalfa Lady Beetle? - Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata Lady beetle - Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata Epilachna varivestis Mulsant - Epilachna varivestis Unusual Leaf-eating Lady Beetle - Epilachna borealis Squash Lady Beetle - Epilachna borealis Epilachna tredecimnotata
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 Epilachninae (Plant-eating Lady Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Author: Ganglbauer, 1899
Numbers
One tribe with 2 genera in North America, according to American Beetles(1). Constitutes 16% of the described species of the Coccinellidae
Tribe Epilachnini Costa, 1849.
+ Genus Epilachna Dejean, 1837
+ Genus Subcoccinella Huber, 1842
Life Cycle
Egg laying. Eggs. Larva. Pupa. Adults
Internet References
Wikipedia
Bulletin of Entomological Research. The Biology and external Morphology of the Larvae of Epilachninae (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 4 October, 2009 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 13 June, 2015 - 8:15am

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