Hippodamia convergens (lady beetle, convergent)

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Title Similar species Caption Hippodamia convergens (convergent ladybird); adult for comparison with Harmonia axyridis. Copyright ©Russ Ottens/University of Georgia/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US	Similar species	Hippodamia convergens (convergent ladybird); adult for comparison with Harmonia axyridis.	©Russ Ottens/University of Georgia/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US
Title Adults en masse Caption Hippodamia convergens (convergent ladybird); convergent lady beetles are imported for study at the ARS Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Laboratory in Newark, Delaware, USA. Copyright ©Scott Bauer/USDA Agricultural Research Service/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US	Adults en masse	Hippodamia convergens (convergent ladybird); convergent lady beetles are imported for study at the ARS Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Laboratory in Newark, Delaware, USA.	©Scott Bauer/USDA Agricultural Research Service/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville

Preferred Common Name

• lady beetle, convergent

International Common Names

• English: convergent lady beetle
• French: coccinelle convergente

EPPO code

• HIPPCN (Hippodamia convergens)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Coleoptera
•                         Family: Coccinellidae
•                             Genus: Hippodamia
•                                 Species: Hippodamia convergens

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Natural enemy of

References

Greathead DJ, Greathead AH, 1992. Biological control of insect pests by insect parasitoids and predators: the BIOCAT database. Biocontrol News and Information, 13(4):61N-68N.

Hagerty AM, Pantoja A, Emmert SY, 2009. Lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini) associated with Alaskan agricultural crops. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 106:39-46. http://www.sfu.ca/biology/esbc

Schotman CYL, 1989. Plant pests of quarantine importance to the Caribbean. RLAC-PROVEG, No. 21:80 pp.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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