Biology:Afidentula bisquadripunctata
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Genus: | Afidentula
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Species: | A. 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". http://173.208.131.244:9060/jspui/handle/123456789/7561.
- ↑ "Die Gattung Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)". https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ENT_0005_0335-0342.pdf.
- ↑ "Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Nepal Himalayas*)". https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Stuttgarter-Beitraege-Naturkunde_565_A_0001-0065.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol (2013-01-16). "Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)". pp. 26–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.2. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3608.1.2.
Wikidata ☰ Q108480278 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afidentula bisquadripunctata.
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