Phaenochilus

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Phaenochilus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Chilocorinae
Tribe: Chilocorini
Genus: Phaenochilus
Weise 1895

Phaenochilus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 10 described species in Phaenochilus. It is found in Southeast Asia, India, and Japan. [1] [2]

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Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Phaenochilus:

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References

  1. "Phaenochilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. Giorgi, José Adriano; Vandenberg, Natalia J. (2012). "Review of the lady beetle genus Phaenochilus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini) with description of a new species from Thailand that preys on cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Zootaxa (3478).

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