Coccinella californica

Coccinella californica is a ladybird beetle found in California commonly known as the California lady beetle.[1][2] It has a red elytra that is usually spotless and a mostly black thorax. Its range is the coastal counties north of the Transverse Ranges.[3]

Coccinella californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Coccinella
Species:
C. californica
Binomial name
Coccinella californica
(Mannerheim, 1843)

References

  1. "Coccinella californica". bugguide.
  2. "Belicek, Joseph. 1976. Coccinellidae of western Canada and Alaska with analyses of the transmontane zoogeographic relationships between the fauna of British Columbia and Alberta (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae, vol. 12, no. 4".
  3. Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780520288744.


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