Anatis lecontei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Anatis |
| Species: | A. lecontei
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| Anatis lecontei Casey, 1899
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Anatis lecontei, or Leconte's giant lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae.[1][2] It is found in North America,[2] where it has been recorded from southern Alberta to New Mexico, west to British Columbia and California.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.75-10.5 mm. Adults are yellow to brownish red. The pronotum often has two basal spots.[3]
References
- ^ "Anatis lecontei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Anatis lecontei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1). The New York Entomological Society: 1–916. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- Belicek, Joseph (1976). "Coccinellidae of western Canada and Alaska with analyses of the transmontane zoogeographic relationships between the fauna of British Columbia and Alberta (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae, vol. 12, no. 4, 283–409.
- Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 93, no. 1, 1–912.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.