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Species Cycloneda munda - Polished Lady Beetle

Representative Images

lady beetle - Cycloneda munda Large milkweed larva - Cycloneda munda Probably an Asian Lady beetle - Cycloneda munda Lady beetle - Cycloneda munda coccinellid 1 - Cycloneda munda milkweed in tall grass - Cycloneda munda Polished Lady Beetle (Cycloneda munda)? - Cycloneda munda Cycloneda munda

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 Cycloneda (Spotless Lady Beetles)
Species munda (Polished Lady Beetle)

Other Common Names

Immaculate, No-spotted, Spotless (also used for other species)

Explanation of Names

Cycloneda munda (Say 1835)
munda = 'clear'

Size

3.7-5.7 mm(1)

Range

e NA (NS-GA to MB-TX) - Map(1)(2)

Season

Adults active spring and summer(3)

Food

Adults and larvae are aphid predators(3)

Print References

Gordon R.D., Vandenberg N. (1993) Larval systematics of North American Cycloneda Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Entomol. Scand. 24: 301-312.

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.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 November, 2004 - 5:10pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov, James Bailey, Marci Hess
Last updated 13 November, 2019 - 3:27pm

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