Novius octoguttata explained

Novius octoguttata is a species of lady beetle native to India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and China.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Description

Body length is about 4.0 to 4.8 mm. Body oval, and slightly convex. The dorsum is clothed heavily with white pubescence. Head, antennae and mouthpart are light brown in color. Eye are large. Pronotum reddish brown whereas scutellum is brown. Scutellum without any marking. Elytra reddish to reddish brown in color. In each elytron, there are four small black spots. Prosternum, mesoventrite and metaventrite are brownish to dark brown. Prosternum is narrow and raised anteriorly. Legs are brown. Head finely punctured. Elytra covered with coarse punctures. Prosternal carinae is absent.[6]

Biology

It is a predator of Drosicha mangiferae and the recorded host plants are Eriobotrya japonica, Alstonia scholaris, Lagerstroemia indica, Mangifera indica and Dalbergia sissoo.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FURTHER NOTES ON THE INDIAN SPECIES OF RODOLIA MULSANT (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE). . 2021-09-17 . faunaofindia.
  2. Web site: Poorani . J. . 2002-01-01 . An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian Subregion . 2021-09-17 . Oriental Insects . 307–383 . 10.1080/00305316.2002.10417335.
  3. Web site: Studies on the diversity of predatory coccinellid beetles (Coleoptera) in different agro-climatic zones of Himachal Pradesh . 2021-09-17 . www.cabdirect.org.
  4. Web site: An inventory of the predatory Coccinellidae of Himachal Pradesh, India . 2021-09-17 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(6): 2503-2507.
  5. Web site: Pang . Hong . Tang . Xue-Fei . Booth . Roger G. . Vandenberg . Natalia . Forrester . Juanita . Mchugh . Joseph . Ślipiński . Adam . 2020-03-30 . Revision Of The Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Novius Mulsant Of Tribe Noviini . 2021-09-17 . Annales Zoologici . 1–24 . 10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001.
  6. Web site: A contribution to the genus Rodolia mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from pothwar plateau of Pakistan . 2021-09-17 . Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences 28(4):1103-1111.
  7. Web site: Predatory Coccinellids of Insect Pests of Assam Lemon (Citrus limon L. Burmf) in Jorhat District of Assam . 2021-09-17 . Journal of Biological Control: Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2016.

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