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Harmonia octomaculata

Ladybird

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE India - Taiwan / Australia - PNG - Micronesia, Cooks

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, horticultural

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Biocontrol - released 19??

KEY FEATURES: Reddish-yellow ladybird with extensive black markings, to 7mmBL. HEAD reddish-yellow. PRONOTUM reddish-yellow w/wo black quadrate-spot of 4 joined spots. WING-COVER (each) reddish-yellow with 9 black spots fused into 3 bars and an apical spot.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P		P			P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			+++

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Harmonia octomaculata (Fabricius, 1787)
SYNONYMS: Coccinella arcuata

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; COCCINELLIDAE

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SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Biocontrol - released 19??. Comments: Recently Introduced and ?Naturalised. Southern Group

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 3 specimens, 1977?9, Krauss, in BPBM unidentified, ID GMcC as Harmonia arcuata 2/2003. Atiu: one specimen, 1976, Krauss, in BPBM unidentified, ID GMcC as Harmonia arcuata 2/2003. Aitutaki: 26 specimens, 1977, Krauss, in BPBM unidentified, ID GMcC as Harmonia arcuata 2/2003. Pukapuka: 2specimens+photo, PK035, 2/2004, on Taro leaves, ID GMcCormack as Harmonia arcuata, reID A.Samuelson as Harmonia octomaculata 5/2004.

References:
Special Reference: W&D79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB04b, zM02, zupM06a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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