| Ceratomegilla undecimnotata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Ceratomegilla |
| Species: | C. undecimnotata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratomegilla undecimnotata (Schneider, 1792) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Ceratomegilla undecimnotata is a species of black-spotted lady beetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae.
Ceratomegilla undecimnotata can reach a length of about 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in). Body is elongated. Elytra are orange-red, while pronotum is black, sometimes with a small white line at the front edge. Elytra show a central black spot and 10 lateral black spots. [2] There are a total of eleven spots (hence the Latin species name undecimnotata), but some spots sometimes are small and barely visible.
This species can be confused with Coccinella septempunctata , but it is smaller and more oval, the central spot above the pronotum is more triangular than round and there is no white around it. [3]
Adults can be encountered from March through October. They mainly feed on aphids.
This quite rare species can be found in central and southern Europe. [2]
It occurs in open, sunny environments (sunny forest edges, meadows, herbaceous, and dry grasslands, etc.). [2]