Coccinella hieroglyphica

Coccinella hieroglyphica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Coccinella
Species:
C. hieroglyphica
Binomial name
Coccinella hieroglyphica
Synonyms
  • Coccinella flexuosa Fabricius, 1777
  • Coccinella trilineata Herbst, 1783
  • Coccinella marginemaculata Brahm, 1790
  • Coccinella ribis Scriba, 1791
  • Coccinella sinuata Næzén, 1792
  • Coccinella areata Panzer, 1794
  • Coccinella octopustulata Thunberg, 1795
  • Coccinella lineolata Marsham, 1802
  • Coccinella sinuosa Marsham, 1802
  • Coccinella impustulata var. rufocincta Haworth, 1812
  • Coccinella mannerheimii Mulsant, 1850
  • Coccinella tricuspis Kirby, 1837 (preocc.)
  • Coccinella kirbii Crotch, 1871
  • Coccinella humboldtiensis Nunenmacher, 1912

Coccinella hieroglyphica, the hieroglyphic ladybird,[2] is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[3]

Coccinella hieroglyphica is found in Europe, European Russia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and Korea.[4][5] In Europe, it is found in the north beyond the Polar circle, and in the south to Northern Italy. They live in heath and moorland habitats to heights of 1,200 meters, on different Ericaceae, feeding on aphids. Other, less preferred, habitats are wet meadows, marshes, wastelands, and mixed forests. Other host plants are Pinus abies and other Pinus species and various Betula species.[6]

Their populations vary greatly from year to year. They fly from May to October and overwinter in coarse woody debris under pines and birches. In the former USSR, it is aphidophagous on Salix species, birches, and Alnus and Poaceae.[7]

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp
  2. ^ "hieroglyphic ladybird - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  3. ^ Joy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
  4. ^ N. B. Nikitsky and А. S. Ukrainsky, 2016 The Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Moscow Province ISSN 0013-8738, Entomological Review, 2016, Vol. 96, No. 6, pp. 710–735 ISSN 0013-8738 online pdf
  5. ^ Fauna Europaea
  6. ^ Koch, K., Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Ökologie. Vol. 2 (Goecke und Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 1989).
  7. ^ lablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. 1982. Les Coccinelles Coleopteres- Coccinellidae Tribu Coccinellini des regions Palearctique et Orientale. Boubee. Paris. 568 pp.
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