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Twelve-spotted Gourd Ladybird

Henosepilachna cf. boisduvali

Description:

Lady bug. Dull/matt orange with 10 black spots ... Ops! 12 spots

Habitat:

Solanum torvum ~ Pea aubergine plant, self seeded on a forest path

Notes:

Is there such a thing as a 10 spot lady bug .. found one but it does'nt look like this This spotting on the same plant http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/226...

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Twelve-Spotted Gourd Ladybird
Henosepilachna cf. boisduvali BioLib - Image - Henosepilachna boisduvali


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2 Comments

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 10 years ago

Thanks bayucca .. have looked at both links. The spots of Epilachna are closer together. Thank you for the ident

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

I think this is Henosepilachna sp. and could be Henosepilachna boisduvali.
http://dev.taibif.tw/zh/catalogue_of_lif...
Almost identical to Epilachna admirabilis, but the spots are slightly different.
http://potokito-myshot.blogspot.ch/2012/...
http://cyy4993.blogspot.sg/2012/11/beetl...
Please, verify!

VivBraznell
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VivBraznell

Thailand

Spotted on Mar 30, 2014
Submitted on Mar 30, 2014

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