Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1853

Swezey, O. H., 1942, Miscellaneous Families of Guam Coleoptera, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 150-171 : 159-160

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5167701

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3011E060-3142-4015-999F-F4644EE9F7E9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5180816

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
status

 

5. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant ,

Opusc. Ent. 3: 140, 1853.

Tiyan, April 2, Bryan ; Orote Pen., April 8, Bryan ; Upi Trail , May 5, Swezey; Inarajan , May 6, Usinger; Tumon , May 30, Swezey; Barrigada , June 14, Swezey; Mt. Alifan , June 19, Swezey; Dededo , Aug. 11, Swezey.

This Australian ladybeetle was introduced into Guam from Honolulu in 1926. It feeds on mealybugs and Pulvinaria.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Cryptolaemus