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Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
Species of beetle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (the 24-spot ladybird) is a beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is the only member of the genus Subcoccinella (though this is disputed; see below). It has the typical, almost semi-spherical, ladybird shape and is patterned with spots. However it differs from many of the well-known ladybirds in being neither smooth and shiny nor an eater of aphids: the wing-cases look velvety and it eats fungal moulds on plants.
24-spot ladybird | |
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24-spot ladybird | |
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Adult - form without spots | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Subfamily: | Epilachninae |
Genus: | Subcoccinella Guérin-Méneville, 1844 |
Species: | S. vigintiquatuorpunctata |
Binomial name | |
Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata | |
Synonyms | |
Coccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata |