Afidentula bisquadripunctata
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Afidentula bisquadripunctata (Gyllenhal, 1808)
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Afidentula bisquadripunctata, is a species of lady beetle found in India, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and Nepal.[1][2][3]
Description
Body length is about 4.00 to 4.10 mm. Body round-oval, and convex. Body surfaces distinctly setose with yellowish hairs. Head, mouthparts, pronotum, scutellum, legs, prosternum and mesoventrite are orange to light brown in color. Metaventrite is light brown, brownish or blackish. Elytra orange to light brown with four black spots arranged as 1–2–1. Antenna consists with 8 antennomeres. Legs are moderately long.[4]
Host plants are Apluda mutica and Arthraxon hispidulus.[4]
References
- ^ "TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF FAMILY COCCINELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN". he UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, PESHAWAR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA-PAKISTAN. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "Die Gattung Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Entomofauna: Band 5, Heft 29 ISSN 0250-4413 Linz, 10.November 1984. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Nepal Himalayas*)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Sen A Nr. 565 65 S. Stuttgart, 31. 12. 1997. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ a b Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol (2013-01-16). "Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)". Zootaxa. pp. 26–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.2. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
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