Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Coccinellidae (Ladybirds)
Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kugeliger Marienkäfer
Synonyms and other combinations:
Coccinella conglobata Linnaeus, 1758 |
Classification:
Oenopia conglobata belongs to the subfamily Coccinellinae, tribe Coccinellini.Distribution:
Palearctic (Europe, Asia, North Africa).Habitat:
Brook and river floodplains, damp forests, forest margins - on various deciduous trees, often on poplars and Prunus species.Description:
Body length 3.5 - 5.0 mm; elytra yellowish or pinkish with black middle suture and black spots variable in size which can merge into each other; pronotum variable, from light beige or whitish with 7 black spots up to almost black with narrow light areas at front and side edges; tibia with two small spurs.Biology:
Oenobia conglobata colonizes different habitats. Both the adults and the larvae feed on aphids. Oenobia conglobata hibernates as adult under the bark of deciduous trees.References, further reading, links:
- de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
- Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
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