Microweisea misella

Microweisea misella
Microweisea misella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Microweisea
Species:	M. misella
Binomial name
Microweisea misella (LeConte, 1878)
Synonyms
Pentilia misellaLeConte, 1878

Microweisea misella is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Darkly colored and very small at about 1 to 1.5mm in length, it occurs throughout southern Canada and much of the United States. It preys on Diaspididae scale insects on blueberry and other shrubs and trees. ^[4]

References

1. "Microweisea misella Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Microweisea misella". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Microweisea misella species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 311. ISBN   9780691133041.

Further reading

• Belicek, Joseph (1976). "Coccinellidae of western Canada and Alaska with analyses of the transmontane zoogeographic relationships between the fauna of British Columbia and Alberta (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 12: 283–409. ISSN   0033-5037.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.