Hyperaspis leachi

Hyperaspis leachi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Hyperaspis
Species:	H. leachi
Binomial name
Hyperaspis leachi Nunenmacher, 1934

Hyperaspis leachi is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It is found in North America ^[1] , where it has been recorded from California.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.40-3.10 mm. Adults are similar to Hyperaspis jovialis , but the pronotum of the males is black with a yellow lateral and apical margin. The female pronotum is black with a yellow lateral margin. The elytron has a large orange spot. ^[6]

References

1. "Hyperaspis leachi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
2. "Hyperaspis leachi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
3. "Hyperaspis leachi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
4. "Hyperaspis leachi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
5. "Hyperaspis leachi Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
6. 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

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Casey, Thomas L. (1908). "Notes on the Coccinellidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 40 (11): 393–421.
• Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1): 1–912. ISSN   0028-7199.
• Gordon, Robert; Vandenberg, Natalia (1991). "Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Vandenberg, Natalia J. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807. American Beetles. Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 371–389. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.