Axion tripustulatum

Three-spotted lady beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Axion
Species:	A. tripustulatum
Binomial name
Axion tripustulatum (De Geer, 1775)
Synonyms
Coccinella tripustulataDe Geer, 1775 Chilocorus verrucatusMelsheimer, 1847 Axion incompletusNunenmacher, 1911

Axion tripustulatum, the three-spotted lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in North America ^[2] , where it has been recorded from New York to Florida, west to Colorado and Texas.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5-7 mm. Adults are black with a pale area at the anterolateral angle of pronotum. The elytron has a red or yellow subhumeral spot and a small sutural area. ^[4]

References

1. "Axion tripustulatum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
2. "Axion tripustulatum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
3. "Axion tripustulatum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1). The New York Entomological Society: 1–916. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
• Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1).