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Chnootriba elaterii

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Chnootriba elaterii
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Coccinella chrysomelina Fabricius, 1775
  • Epilachna chrysomelina (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Coccinella elaterii Rossi, 1794
  • Henosepilachna elaterii (Rossi, 1794)

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

  1. 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)
  2. 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
  3. Fauna Europaea, archived from the original on March 2, 2011, retrieved August 22, 2014
  4. "Epilachna chrysomelina", AgroAtlas, retrieved August 22, 2014
Taxon identifiers
Henosepilachna elaterii


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