Biology:Microweisea misella
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Microweisea misella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Microweisea |
| Species: | M. misella
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| Binomial name | |
| Microweisea misella (LeConte, 1878)
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Microweisea misella is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] Darkly colored and very small at about 1 to 1.5mm in length, it occurs throughout southern Canada and much of the United States. It preys on Diaspididae scale insects on blueberry and other shrubs and trees.[4]
References
- ↑ "Microweisea misella Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692221. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Microweisea misella". https://www.gbif.org/species/1043537. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Microweisea misella species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/221639. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. pp. 311. ISBN 9780691133041.
Further reading
- Belicek, Joseph (1976). "Coccinellidae of western Canada and Alaska with analyses of the transmontane zoogeographic relationships between the fauna of British Columbia and Alberta (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae 12: 283–409. ISSN 0033-5037. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/204288.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
Wikidata ☰ Q14930972 entry
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