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

Genus Coccinella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

strange creature - Coccinella septempunctata

Ladybug for ID - Coccinella septempunctata

Coccinella californica - johnsoni form? - Coccinella californica

Coccinella trifasciata subversa? - Coccinella trifasciata

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 Coccinella

Explanation of Names

Coccinella Linnaeus 1758

Numbers

12 species in or area, >30 total

Coccinella alta Brown 1962

Coccinella californica Mannerheim 1843

Coccinella difficilis Crotch 1873

Coccinella fulgida Watson 1954

Coccinella hieroglyphica Linnaeus 1758

Coccinella monticola Mulsant 1850

Coccinella novemnotata Herbst 1793

Coccinella prolongata Crotch 1873

Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus 1758

Coccinella transversoguttata Falderman 1835

Coccinella trifasciata Linnaeus 1758

Coccinella unidecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758

Identification

Elytral suture very narrowly black, at least apically:

Coccinella novemnotata Herbst - white betw. eyes

Coccinella prolongata Crotch - w.NA

Coccinella alta Brown - c. CA, n. UT, sw. AB

Coccinella johnsoni Casey - coastal strip, AK‒CA

Coccinella californica Mannerheim - coastal strip, WA‒CA

larval key(1)

Range

Holarctic

Food

Aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects.

Print References

(2)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Larval systematics of North American Coccinella L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Robert D. Gordon and Natalia Vandenberg. 1995. Entomologica Scandinavica, vol. 26.

2.	A revision of the forms of Coccinella L. occurring in America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) W. J. Brown. 1962. The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 94, No. 8, pp. 785-808.

3.	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 Troy Bartlett on 27 April, 2004 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 17 December, 2023 - 11:21pm

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