Afidentula bisquadripunctata

Afidentula bisquadripunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Afidentula
Species:
A. bisquadripunctata
Binomial name
Afidentula bisquadripunctata
(Gyllenhal, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Coccinella bisquadripunctata Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1808
  • Epilachna bisquadripunctata Crotch 1874
  • Afidenta bisquadripunctata Dieke 1947
  • Afidentula bisquadripunctata Pang & Mao 1979
  • Afissula bisquadripunctata Ren et al. 2009
  • Epilachna herbigrada Mulsant, 1850

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.[4]

Host plants are Apluda mutica and Arthraxon hispidulus.[4]

References

  1. ^ "TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF FAMILY COCCINELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN". he UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, PESHAWAR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA-PAKISTAN. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  2. ^ "Die Gattung Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Entomofauna: Band 5, Heft 29 ISSN 0250-4413 Linz, 10.November 1984. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  3. ^ "Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Nepal Himalayas*)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Sen A Nr. 565 65 S. Stuttgart, 31. 12. 1997. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  4. ^ 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.