Cynegetis impunctata

Cynegetis impunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Cynegetis
Species:
C. impunctata
Binomial name
Cynegetis impunctata
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Cynegetis impunctata is a species of ladybird native to continental Europe. In Germany it is known as the grass ladybird, unspotted ladybird or ochre ladybird.

Description

The adult beetles are about 3 to 4.5 mm long, strongly domed and ochre-brown in colour. There are usually no spots, but some specimens have spots or may be darker in colour.

Habitat

The species lives in damp meadows and woodlands.

Diet

Adults and larvae are vegetarian and polyphagous, on grasses such as couch-grass (Elymus repens), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius) and reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea).[1][2]

Distribution

It is found in Austria, Belgium, non-alpine Germany, Norway, Poland, Sweden and less frequently in other countries.[1][3][4] As of 2012 it is not reported from the British Isles.

Literature

  • Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1

References

  1. ^ a b "Ungepunkteter/Ockerfarbener Marienkäfer". Nature in North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  2. ^ Gilles San Martin. "Feeding marks of Cynegetis impunctata on Phalaris arundinacea". flickr. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  3. ^ "Onbestippeld lieveheersbeestje". Stippen. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  4. ^ "Species: Cynegetis impunctata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2012-07-02.[permanent dead link‍]

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