Brumoides suturalis explained

Brumoides suturalis, the three-striped lady-beetle, is a species of ladybird described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1789.^{[1] [2]} It is found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea.^{[3] [4]}

Description

Adult is small and ovate. Head and thorax are brown. Eyes are black. Elytra yellowish white with two black stripes. One strip runs down the trailing edge, whereas the other stripe runs the middle of each elytron.^{[5] [6]} Pronotum brownish anterio-laterally and creamy in the center. Scutellum and ventrum brownish.

Biology

Adult female lays egg cluster of 2 to 20.within shingle-like crevices made by overlapping leaves in curled leaves, or sometimes at the junction of leaf and stem. Eggs are yellowish with orange tinge. Larva undergo four instars. Newly hatched instar is smoky grey and fuzzy. With each moult, body becomes more elongated with spiny projections over the body.

It is known to feed on wide variety of aphids: Aphis craccivora, Aphis gossypii, Brevicoryne brassicae, Lipaphis erysimi, Myzus persicae, Hyadaphis coriandri, Hysteroneura setariae, Ropalosiphum maidis, Therioaphis trifolii, Macrosiphum granarium, Schizaphis graminum, Phenacoccus solenopsis, Ferrisia virigata, Drosicha mangiferae, Amrasca devastans, Amrasca biguttula, Bemisia tabaci, Tetranychus atlanticus, Adelges joshii, Aonidiella auranti, Aonidiella citrina, Aonidiella orientalis, Aspidiotus destructor, Hemiberiesia latanias, Leucaspis coniferarum, Parlatoria, Pinnaspis strachani, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, Ferrisia virgata, Phthorimaea operculella, Planococcus pacificus, Acyrthosiphon pisum and Tecaspis.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS standard report - Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius, 1798). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 18 July 2014.
2. Book: A Dictionary of Entomology. Gordon Gordh and David Headrick. CAB International. 2001. 924. 9780851992914. 18 July 2014.
3. Web site: Brumoides suturalis (lady beetle, threestriped) . 2021-09-08 . www.cabi.org.
4. Ali . Muhammad . Ahmed . Khalil . Ali . Shoukat . Raza . Ghulam . Hussain . Ishtiaq . Anjum . Syed Ishtiaq . 2018-12-06 . An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) . 2021-09-11 . ZooKeys . 803 . 93–120 . 10.3897/zookeys.803.22543 . 6292984 . 30643484. free .
5. Selhime . Allen G. . 1956 . Brumus suturalis, a Beneficial Lady Beetle . 2021-09-08 . The Florida Entomologist . 39 . 2 . 65–68 . 10.2307/3492210. 3492210 .
6. Web site: Predatory Coccinellids (Coleoptera: Cocinellidae) of vegetable insect pests: a survey in mid country of Sri Lanka . 2021-09-08 . Tropical Agricultural Research Vol: 19, 69-77 (2007).
7. Web site: Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius, 1798) . 2021-09-08 . www.gbif.org . en.
8. Web site: Mass-multiplication technique of coccinellid predator, lady bird beetle (Brumoides suturalis) . 2021-09-08 . www.cabdirect.org.
9. Bista . Mahadev . Mishra . Geetanjali . Omkar . March 2012 . Influence of crowding and diet on the development and survival of the ladybird Brumoides suturalis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) reared on two aphid species . 2021-09-08 . International Journal of Tropical Insect Science . 32 . 64–68 . en . 10.1017/S1742758412000057. 85962455 .
10. Chakraborty . Dola . Korat . D. M. . 2013-03-07 . Biology and Feeding Efficiency of Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) on Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley . 2021-09-08 . Journal of Biological Control . 27 . 1 . 39–42 . en.
11. Web site: Spatial distribution of Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) In mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] ]. 2021-09-08 .
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