Jauravia pubescens

Jauravia pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Coccinelloidea
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Jauravia
Species:	J. pubescens
Binomial name
Jauravia pubescens (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
Coccinellu pubescens Fabricius, 1798 Clanis pubescens (Fabr.) Mulsant, 1850

Jauravia pubescens, is a species of lady beetle native to India, and Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

Body length is about 2.5 mm. Body sub-hemispherical. Dorsum yellowish brown to brown. Eyes are black. Elytral external border is pale. Ventrum slightly light brown. Epipleura and legs are yellowish brown. Head with very fine and sparse punctures. Head clothed with moderately long, delicate, golden and dense pubescence. Pronotum moderately emarginate anteriorly. Pronotal punctures are coarse with pubescence similar to head. Elytral punctures are moderately fine. Elytral interspaees are smooth, bright and shine. Ventrum with minute and very sparse punctures. Ventrum clothed with short, golden, sub-depressed and sparse pubescence.[3]

It is a predator of Megapulvinaria maxima, Cydia leucostoma and Opisina arenosella.[4]

References

1. Muraleedharan, N.; Selvasundaram, R.; Radhakrishnan, B. (October 1988). "Natural Enemies of Certain Tea Pests Occurring in Southern India". International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 9 (5): 647–654. doi:10.1017/S1742758400005166. S2CID 86414490. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
2. Bidau, Claudio J. (2014-10-13). Journal of Insect Biodiversity. Vol. 2. p. 1. doi:10.12976/jib/2014.2.20. ISSN 2147-7612. S2CID 84257301.
3. "VIII.--A Revision of the Genus Jauravia" (PDF). THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY [ELEVENTH SERIES.] No. 98. FEBI~UAR¥ 1946. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
4. "Jauravia pubescens". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.