Paranaemia

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Paranaemia
Broad-striped Lady Beetle imported from iNaturalist photo 201279884 on 28 March 2024.jpg
P. vittigera, Yolo County, California, 2022
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Genus: Paranaemia
Casey, 1899
Species:
P. vittigera
Binomial name
Paranaemia vittigera
(Mannerheim, 1843)
Synonyms

Hippodamia vittigera Mannerheim, 1843
Ceratomegilla vittigera (Mannerheim, 1843)

Paranaemia is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There is one described species in Paranaemia, P. vittigera, the broad-striped lady beetle. [1] [2] [3] The broad-striped lady beetle is native to western North America. [4] Like other ladybugs, it preys on aphids. [5]

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References

  1. "Paranaemia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Paranaemia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Species Paranaemia vittigera - Striped Lady Beetle". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  4. Gardiner, Mary (2015). Good Garden Bugs: Everything You Need to Know about Beneficial Predatory Insects. Quarry Books. p. 83. ISBN   978-1-59253-909-3.

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