Biology:Hippodamia quinquesignata
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Hippodamia |
| Species: | H. quinquesignata
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| Hippodamia quinquesignata (Kirby, 1837)
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Hippodamia quinquesignata, the five-spotted lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4-7 mm. In subspecies quinquesignata, the pronotum sometimes has convergent pale spots. The colour pattern of the elytron is extremely variable.[4] Subspecies ambigua is usually, but not always, spotless.[5]
Subspecies
These subspecies belong to the species Hippodamia quinquesignata:
- Hippodamia quinquesignata ambigua LeConte, 1852 (southern British Columbia to southern California, west of the Sierra Nevada[6])
- Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata (Kirby, 1837) (Prince Edward Island to Yukon Territory and Alaska, south to New Mexico and California)
References
- ↑ "Hippodamia quinquesignata Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=186946.
- ↑ "Hippodamia quinquesignata". https://www.gbif.org/species/4989885.
- ↑ "Hippodamia quinquesignata species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/141346.
- ↑ Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (The New York Entomological Society) 93 (1): 1–916. https://ia600502.us.archive.org/2/items/journalofnewyo9311985newy/journalofnewyo9311985newy.pdf. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
- ↑ Shull, A. Franklin (1948). "Natural Hybrids of Subspecies of Hippodamia quinquesignata (Coccinellidae)". Evolution 2 (1): 10–18. doi:10.2307/2405611. ISSN 0014-3820. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2405611.
- ↑ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 248. ISBN 9780520288744.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3135831 entry
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