Novius octoguttata

Novius octoguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Coccinelloidea
Family:
Coccinellidae
Genus:
Novius
Species:
N. octoguttata
Binomial name
Novius octoguttata
(Weise, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Rodolia octoguttata Weise, 1910

Novius octoguttata is a species of lady beetle native to India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and China.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description

Body length is about 4.0 to 4.8 mm. Body oval, and slightly convex. The dorsum is clothed heavily with white pubescence. Head, antennae and mouthpart are light brown in color. Eye are large. Pronotum reddish brown whereas scutellum is brown. Scutellum without any marking. Elytra reddish to reddish brown in color. In each elytron, there are four small black spots. Prosternum, mesoventrite and metaventrite are brownish to dark brown. Prosternum is narrow and raised anteriorly. Legs are brown. Head finely punctured. Elytra covered with coarse punctures. Prosternal carinae is absent.[6][1]

Biology

It is a predator of Drosicha mangiferae and the recorded host plants are Eriobotrya japonica, Alstonia scholaris, Lagerstroemia indica, Mangifera indica and Dalbergia sissoo.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "FURTHER NOTES ON THE INDIAN SPECIES OF RODOLIA MULSANT (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. ^ Poorani, J. (2002-01-01). "An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian Subregion". Oriental Insects. pp. 307–383. doi:10.1080/00305316.2002.10417335. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  3. ^ "Studies on the diversity of predatory coccinellid beetles (Coleoptera) in different agro-climatic zones of Himachal Pradesh". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  4. ^ "An inventory of the predatory Coccinellidae of Himachal Pradesh, India" (PDF). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(6): 2503-2507. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  5. ^ Pang, Hong; Tang, Xue-Fei; Booth, Roger G.; Vandenberg, Natalia; Forrester, Juanita; Mchugh, Joseph; Ślipiński, Adam (2020-03-30). "Revision Of The Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Novius Mulsant Of Tribe Noviini". Annales Zoologici. pp. 1–24. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  6. ^ a b "A contribution to the genus Rodolia mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from pothwar plateau of Pakistan". Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences 28(4):1103-1111. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  7. ^ "Predatory Coccinellids of Insect Pests of Assam Lemon (Citrus limon L. Burmf) in Jorhat District of Assam". Journal of Biological Control: Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2016. Retrieved 2021-09-17.


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