Synona obscura

Synona obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Coccinelloidea
Family:
Coccinellidae
Genus:
Synona
Species:
S. obscura
Binomial name
Synona obscura
Poorani, S´lipinski & Booth
Synonyms
  • Synona rougeti (Mulsant, 1866)
  • Synia melanaria ab. rougeti auctt.

Synona obscura, is a species of lady beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

Body length is about 5.1 to 6.8 mm. Body broad, and subcircular. Head and pronotum are uniform bright yellowish orange in color, whereas elytra is black. Ventrum tinged with yellowish orange color, but the elytral epipleura is black. Apical margin of last antennal segment is obliquely truncate. Pronotum densely punctate. Elytral punctures are much finer than pronotal punctures. Elytral epipleura is broad.[3]

Biology

It is a predator of several aphids and mealybugs such as, Coptosoma ostensum, Megacopta cribraria, and Aphis craccivora. Host plants include: Butea monosperma, Lablab purpureus, Cajanus cajan, Sesbania grandiflora, Santalum album, Trichosanthes cucumerina, Brassica oleracea, Anacardium occidentale, and Trewia.[3]

Larvae occasionally parasitized by Nothoserphus mirabilis and Homalotylus flaminius.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mohan, A.; Ravikumar, J.; Senthilkumar, D. (2017-04-21). "Spatial variation of important mulberry pests and their natural enemies". Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research. doi:10.4081/jear.2017.5942. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  2. ^ Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2012-04-19. pp. 532–561.
  3. ^ a b c Poorani, J.; Ślipiński, Adam; Booth, Roger G. (September 2008). "A Revision of the Genus Synona Pope, 1989 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini)". Annales Zoologici. pp. 579–594. doi:10.3161/000345408X364427. Retrieved 2021-09-19.


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