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Species Chilocorus stigma - Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle

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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 Chilocorinae
Genus Chilocorus (Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles)
Species stigma (Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Chilocorus stigma (Say 1835)
stigma = 'mark, spot'

Size

3.75-5.0 mm(1)

Identification

Gordon's figures (1) - dorsal spots nearly uniformly small

Range

most of NA except w. coast (NS-FL to AB-AZ - Map (1), Map (2), widely dist., more common across e. NA

Season

most common coccinellid found during arboreal surveys in c. TX, mostly on oaks May-July(3)

Food

Adults found on vegetation and trucks of trees infested with scales, mealybugs, and aphids(4)

Life Cycle

See Also

C. cacti and C. tumidus, occur in parts of the eastern range of C. stigma.(1)

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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
4.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 25 November, 2024 - 1:48pm

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