Toxotoma taeniola

Toxotoma taeniola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Toxotoma
Species:	T. taeniola
Binomial name
	Toxotoma taeniola; (Gordon, 1975)
Synonyms
	Epilachna taeniola Gordon, 1975;

Toxotoma taeniola is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.^[1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.66–8.43 mm. Adults are black. The anterolateral angle of the pronotum is yellow and the elytron is black with two yellow spots.^[2]

References

^ Part of this text is from “New Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea) from Napo Province in Ecuador” by Karol Szawaryn, Tomasz Czerwiński. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
^ Gordon, Robert D. (1975). "A revision of the Epilachininae of the western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Technical Bulletins. 158584. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service: 1–419. Retrieved August 10, 2025.

[1] Part of this text is from “New Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea) from Napo Province in Ecuador” by Karol Szawaryn, Tomasz Czerwiński. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

[2] Gordon, Robert D. (1975). "A revision of the Epilachininae of the western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)" (PDF). Technical Bulletins. 158584. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service: 1–419. Retrieved August 10, 2025.

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