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Species Axion tripustulatum - Thrice-struck 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 Axion

Species tripustulatum (Thrice-struck Lady Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Axion tripustulatum (DeGeer 1775)

Size

5-7 mm(1)

Range

e. US (NY-FL to CO-TX) - Map (1)

Food

Scale insects

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 Lynette Elliott on 15 October, 2006 - 9:33am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 12 September, 2023 - 10:09am

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