Coelophora biplagiata

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Coelophora biplagiata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Coelophora
Species:
C. biplagiata
Binomial name
Coelophora biplagiata
(Schwarz, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Coccinella biplagiataSchwarz in Schönherr, 1808
  • Coccinella oblongataThunberg, 1820
  • Lemnia fraudulentaMulsant, 1850
  • Coelophora nepalensisCrotch, 1874
  • Coelophora melanota var. minorGorham, 1891
  • Coelophora personataWeise, 1910
  • Osumia bimaculataKurisaki, 1923

Coelophora biplagiata is a species of ladybug native to the Southeast Asia region in regions such as China. [1] [2]

They are 5.5–6.5 millimeters long and 4.5–5.5 millimeters in width. The body is broadly oval shaped. Head is light yellow with the pronotum black, lateral sides yellowish confluent along cephalic border. The elytra is black with a broad reddish patch, irregular in outline. The larva of this species are black and yellow colored. They are cylindrical and elongated having length of about 12 millimeters and a width of 3.9 millimeters. [3]

References

  1. "Coelophora biplagiata (Swartz, 1808)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  2. "Coelophora biplagiata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  3. Zhuang, Jiamin; Wei, Xueyuan; Tao, Xunhong; Wang, Xingmin; Chen, Xiaosheng (2025-06-09). "Descriptions of immature stages of six aphidophagous Coccinellini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species from China". Zootaxa. 5646 (2): 236–254. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5646.2.3. ISSN   1175-5334.