Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777)

SZAWARYN, Karol, CERYNGIER, Piotr & ROMANOWSKI, Jerzy, 2018, New data on the distribution of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the eastern part of the Baltic Coast region in Poland, Fragmenta Faunistica 61 (1), pp. 39-53 : 49

* Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777)

Material: Odargowo (CF17): 16 Aug 2014, 2 exx. on spruces (Picea abies), leg. JR ; Pustki (CF17): 11 Aug 2014, 3 exx. (2 imagines, 1 larva), sorrel (Rumex sp.) on a grassland, leg. JR ; 24 Jul 2015, 1 ex. (larva), grassland, leg. JR ; 26 Jul 2015, 2 ex. (larvae) on oak (Quercus sp.), leg. JR ; 26 Jul 2015, 11 exx., psammophilous grassland, leg. JR ; 7 Aug 2015, 4 exx., grassland, leg. JR ; Chłapowo (CF37): 20 May 2017, 1 ex., xerothermic grassland, leg. KS.

A species preferring warm and sunny habitats. Widely distributed in Poland, but relatively rarely recorded ( Burakowski et al. 1986). Within the Baltic Coast, reported by Lüllwitz (1915) from Koszalin and more recently by O. Aleksandrowicz from Wiklino near Słupsk (Coleoptera Poloniae: http://baza.biomap.pl/pl/data/record/659443/default).