Biology:Adira gossypiata

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Short description: Species of beetle

Adira gossypiata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Adira
Species:
A. gossypiata
Binomial name
Adira gossypiata
(Mulsant, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Epilachna gossypiata Mulsant, 1850

Adira gossypiata is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Bolivia.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.63–6.77 mm. Adults are brownish yellow. The median area of the pronotum is reddish brown and the elytron is reddish brown with a yellow lateral margin. There is a piceous ring inside the yellow margin.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Robert D. (1975). "A revision of the Epilachininae of the western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Technical Bulletins (United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service) 158584: 1–419. https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/158584/files/tb1493.pdf. Retrieved August 10, 2025. 

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