Biology:Afidentula bisquadripunctata

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Short description: Species of beetle


Afidentula bisquadripunctata
Scientific classification
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Afidentula
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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. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q108480278 entry