Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781)

Ali, Muhammad, Ahmed, Khalil, Ali, Shaukat, Raza, Ghulam, Hussain, Ishtiaq, Nafees, Maisoor Ahmed & Anjum, Syed Ishtiaq, 2018, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 803, pp. 93-120 : 93

Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781) Fig. 4

General distribution.

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Myanmar. Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, China, Japan, Australia (Poorani 2002).

Distribution in Sindh.

Hyderabad, Larkana, Mirpur Khas, and Thatta (Sarwar 2009, Mahmood et al. 2011, Ali 2013, Balouchi and Swati 2014, Fazal Ellahi et al. 2017).

Host plants and prey species in Sindh.

Aphis craccivora Koch, A. gossypii Glover, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach), Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Aphis gossypii (Glover), Hyadaphis coriandri (Das), Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas), Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), Ropalosiphum maidis (Fitch), Therioaphis trifolii Monell ( Aphididae : Homoptera); Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley), Ferrisia virigata (Ckll), Centrococcus insolitus Green ( Pseudococcidae : Homoptera), Drosicha mangiferae (Green) ( Margarodidae : Homoptera) Aleurocanthus husaini Corbett, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, Aleurolobus barodensis Mask Amrasca devastans (Dist), Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida), Amritodus atkinsoni Leth, Evacanthus repexus Dist ( Cicadellidae : Homoptera); Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) ( Aleyrodidae : Homoptera), Pyrilla perpusilla Walk ( Fulgoridae : Homoptera), Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comst ( Diaspididae : Homoptera), Diaphorina citri Kuw ( Psyllidae : Homoptera), Tetranychus orientalis Mog ( Acarina: Tetranychidae ) on mustard, lucern, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, turnip, bottle gourd, eggplant, okra, wheat, cotton, and rose plants (Ali 2013).

Comment.

Common. It is very difficult to compare this species with other taxa because of polymorphism. Six varieties of this species are reported from Pakistan.