Toxotoma convergens

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Toxotoma convergens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Toxotoma
Species:
T. convergens
Binomial name
Toxotoma convergens
(Crotch, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Epilachna convergensCrotch, 1874

Toxotoma convergens is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Peru and Ecuador. [1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.72–7.70 mm. Adults are black. The elytron is yellow with two yellow bands. [2]

References

  1. Part of this text is from “New Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea) from Napo Province in Ecuador” by Karol Szawaryn, Tomasz Czerwiński. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
  2. Gordon, Robert D. (1975). "A revision of the Epilachininae of the western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Technical Bulletins. 158584. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service: 1–419. Retrieved August 10, 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Agriculture .