Cycloneda polita

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Cycloneda polita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Cycloneda
Species:
C. polita
Binomial name
Cycloneda polita
Casey, 1899

Cycloneda polita, known generally as the western blood-red lady beetle, polished ladybug, or western spotless ladybird beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] It has red elytra without spots and a black thorax marked with a white rim and crescents. [4]

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Western blood-red lady beetle, Cycloneda polita Western Blood-red Lady Beetle - Cycloneda polita, near Lake Entiat, Washington.jpg
Western blood-red lady beetle, Cycloneda polita

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References

  1. "Cycloneda polita Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Cycloneda polita". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 248. ISBN   9780520288744.

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