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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coccinella » narrow black elytral suture (Coccinella narrow black elytral suture) » Nine-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella novemnotata)

Species Coccinella novemnotata - Nine-spotted Lady Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Nearly unspotted Nine-spotted - Coccinella novemnotata

Coccinella novemnotata Herbst - Coccinella novemnotata

Coccinella novemnotata? - Coccinella novemnotata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)

Subfamily Coccinellinae

Genus Coccinella

No Taxon (narrow black elytral suture)

Species novemnotata (Nine-spotted Lady Beetle)

Other Common Names

"C-9"

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coccinella novemnotata Herbst

Orig. Comb: Coccinella 9-notata Herbst, 1793

Explanation of Names

novemnotata (L). '9 marked'

Size

4.7-7.0 mm (1)

Identification

Gordon's Figures

Head with broad, pale band between eyes;

anterior pronotal margin entirely pale,

elytral suture narrowly blackish

elytra with or without spots (1)

Range

Current Range - scattered western, upper midwest records, plus Long Island (2)

Historical Range - Formerly ranged across most of the US and southern Canada. (1)

Experienced sudden population decline and disappeared from the Northeast in the 1980's. Almost extirpated in the East (Cornell University).

Season

May-Sept (BG data)

Remarks

In 1985, Gordon wrote, "[t]his species is extremely widespread in North America and is commonly collected." (1)

Now about one new (modern) record is reported to BugGuide annually...

considered by New York State to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (3)

See Also

The spotless form of Coccinella novemnotata might easily be confused with the west coast bandless version of C. trifasciata subversa. Please click on the image below for details.

Coccinella californica (Mannerheim)

- range hugs the west coast

Print References

Harmon, J.P., Stephens, E., Losey, J. 2007. The decline of native coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the United States and Canada. Journal of Insect Conservation 11: 85-94. (Abstract)

Herbst, J.F.W. 1793. Natursystem alter bekannten In-und Ausland Insecten. Der Kafer, Band 5., Berlin. 392 pp.

Losey, J.E., J.E. Perlman, and E.R. Hoebeke. 2007. Citizen scientist rediscovers rare nine-spotted lady beetle, Coccinella novemnotata, in eastern North America. Journal of Insect Conservation 11: 415-417.

Stephens, E. and J.E. Losey. 2003. The decline of C-9 – New York State’s Insect. The Xerces Society. Wings: Essays on Invertebrate Conservation. Fall 2003, pp. 8-12. (Full PDF)

Internet References

Cornell University - photo and info

Rediscovery of the nine-spotted ladybug in Arlington, VA - Cornell, October 2006

After 29 years, nine-spotted ladybugs found on Long Island - Cornell, October 2011

Lost Lady Project - Cornell

Species Profile - Xerces Society

UC Integrated Pest Management Program - photo of spotless form

NatureServe

Natursystem alter bekannten In-und Ausland Insecten, Der Kafer, v.5, p.269 - Herbst's original description of the species (in German, with Fraktur lettering)

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.	The Lost Ladybug Project (LLP)

3.	New York "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN)

Contributed by Devin Carroll on 29 September, 2006 - 2:45pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Dave Almquist, Harsi S. Parker, Abigail Parker
Last updated 26 June, 2018 - 7:24pm

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