Chnootriba elaterii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Genus: | Chnootriba |
Species: | C. elaterii |
Binomial name | |
Chnootriba elaterii (Rossi, 1794) | |
Synonyms | |
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Chnootriba elaterii (formerly Henosepilachna elaterii), the melon ladybird beetle, is a phytophagous ladybird species found in southern Europe, Africa and western Asia. It feeds mainly on squirting cucumber, but also on other cultivated or spontaneous Cucurbitaceae plants.
References
- Fabricius J. C., 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 832 pp. Flensburgi et Lipsiae in Officina Libraria Kortii. p. 82 (http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN578515547%7CLOG_0006&physid=PHYS_0117)
- Tomaszewska, W., & Szawaryn, K. (2016). Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)-A Revision of the World Genera. Journal of insect science (Online), 16(1), 101. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iew082
- Fauna Europaea, archived from the original on March 2, 2011, retrieved August 22, 2014
- "Epilachna chrysomelina", AgroAtlas, retrieved August 22, 2014
Taxon identifiers | |
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Henosepilachna elaterii |
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