Afidentula bisquadripunctata

Afidentula bisquadripunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Coccinelloidea
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Afidentula
Species:	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

1. "TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF FAMILY COCCINELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN". he UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, PESHAWAR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA-PAKISTAN. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
2. "Die Gattung Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Entomofauna: Band 5, Heft 29 ISSN 0250-4413 Linz, 10.November 1984. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
3. "Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Nepal Himalayas*)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Sen A Nr. 565 65 S. Stuttgart, 31. 12. 1997. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
4. Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Szawaryn, Karol (2013-01-16). "Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)". Zootaxa. pp. 26–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.2. Retrieved 2021-09-07.