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Western Polished Lady Beetle (Cycloneda polita)

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Cycloneda polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Cycloneda
Species:
C. polita
Binomial name
Cycloneda polita
Casey, 1899

Cycloneda polita, known generally as the western blood-red lady beetle, polished ladybug, or western spotless ladybird beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It has red elytra without spots and a black thorax marked with a white rim and crescents.[4]

Western blood-red lady beetle, Cycloneda polita

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cycloneda polita Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Cycloneda polita". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780520288744.

Further reading[edit]

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

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