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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
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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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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