Coccinella transversalis
Coccinella transversalis
Coccinella transversalis is a beetle of the family of Ladybug ( Coccinellidae ).
Features
Beetles reach a length from 3.8 to 6.7 millimeters and a width from 3.3 to 5.5 millimeters. The body shape is elongate oval and arched. The head is black, two cream- yellow almost triangular patches are located on the inside of the compound eyes. The pronotum is black, the anterolateral corners cream to orange. The scutellum is black. The elytra are carmine red, orange or yellow. Below the scutellum is an oval black spot. A big black trilobal spot is located on the humeral callus. A black transverse band runs along the rear third of the deck wing, but it does not reach the outer edge. Three small black apical points - a suturaler and two laterally located - are usually fused into a transverse band. Along the wing seam runs an irregular black stripe. The drawing elements are variable, they can be reduced or converge.
Dissemination
The bugs are spread from South and Southeast Asia to Australia and there. Many areas of the most common ladybird They occur in many parts of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
Biology
The adults and larvae are predators and feed on tube aphids ( Aphididae ) as the Erbsenlaus, leafhoppers ( Cicadellidae ), tube scale insects ( Ortheziidae ) and psyllids ( Psyllidae ). In addition there are two cutworm larvae ( Spodoptera litura and Helicoverpa armigera ) to the previously established range of prey. Populations can be found throughout the year. In southern India the beetles live from July to September.
Among the enemies of Coccinella transversalis include parasitoids such as the Ladybug braconid wasp ( Dino campus coccinellae ), various types of jewel wasps of the genus Tetrastichus and ectoparasitically living mite species of the genus Coccipolipus.