Hippodamia moesta

Hippodamia moesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Hippodamia
Species:	H. moesta
Binomial name
Hippodamia moesta LeConte, 1854
Synonyms
Hippodamia bowditchiJohnson, 1910 Hippodamia politissimaCasey, 1899

Hippodamia moesta, the sorrowful lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from British Columbia, California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho and Montana.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6-7.5 mm. The pronotum sometimes has pale spots and the elytron is normally black with a pale spot on the margin. ^[4]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Hippodamia moesta:

• Hippodamia moesta bowditchiJohnson, 1910 (British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana)
• Hippodamia moesta moestaLeConte, 1854 (British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Hippodamia moesta politissimaCasey, 1899 (California)

References

1. "Hippodamia moesta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Hippodamia moesta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Hippodamia moesta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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 August 4, 2025.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.