Brachiacantha blandula
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Genus: | Brachiacantha |
Species: | B. blandula
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Binomial name | |
Brachiacantha blandula (Weise, 1902)
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Brachiacantha blandula is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 2.6–3.0 mm. They have a yellow body and black, partly yellow head. The pronotum is black, except the anterior one-thenth and lateral one-twelfth, which are yellow. The elytron has a black border and three black spots.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Gordon, Robert D.; Canepari, Claudio (October 10, 2014). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVI: systematic revision of Brachiacantha Dejean (Coccinellinae: Hyperaspidini)". Insecta Mundi (0390). Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.: 1–76. Retrieved July 30, 2025.