Biology:Scymnus coniferarum
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Scymnus coniferarum | |
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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: | Scymnus |
| Species: | S. coniferarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Scymnus coniferarum Abbot & Smith, 1797
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Scymnus coniferarum, the conifer lady beetle, is a species of dusky lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in western North America.[1][2][3]
S. coniferarum is being evaluated as a potential biological control for the Hemlock woolly adelgid infestation of the eastern hemlock on the east coast.[4]
References
- ↑ "Scymnus coniferarum Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=692265. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Scymnus coniferarum". https://www.gbif.org/species/4989939. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Scymnus coniferarum species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/266696. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Scymnus coniferarum: Predator of Hemlock Adelgids in Western North America". US Forest Service - Northern Research Station. https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/hwa/control_management/scymnus_coniferarum/. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
Wikidata ☰ Q14930764 entry
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