''Brumoides suturalis'', the three-striped lady-beetle, is a species of
ladybird described by
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...
in 1789.
It is found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea. It was found on an indoor window ledge in Manchester, UK, on February 25, 2022. It likely hitchhiked on flowers.
Description
Adult is small and ovate. Head and thorax are brown. Eyes are black. Elytra yellowish white with two black stripes. One strip runs down the trailing edge, whereas the other stripe runs the middle of each elytron.
Pronotum brownish anterio-laterally and creamy in the center. Scutellum and ventrum brownish.
Biology
Adult female lays egg cluster of 2 to 20.within shingle-like crevices made by overlapping leaves in curled leaves, or sometimes at the junction of leaf and stem. Eggs are yellowish with orange tinge. Larva undergo four instars. Newly hatched instar is smoky grey and fuzzy. With each moult, body becomes more elongated with spiny projections over the body.
It is known to feed on wide variety of aphids: ''
Aphis craccivora'', ''
Aphis gossypii'', ''
Brevicoryne brassicae
''Brevicoryne brassicae'', commonly known as the cabbage aphid or cabbage aphis, is a destructive aphid (plant louse) native to Europe that is now found in many other areas of the world. The aphids feed on many varieties of produce, including ca ...
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Lipaphis erysimi'', ''
Myzus persicae
''Myzus persicae'', known as the green peach aphid, greenfly, or the peach-potato aphid, is a small green aphid belonging to the order Hemiptera. It is the most significant aphid pest of peach trees, causing decreased growth, shrivelling of the ...
'', ''
Hyadaphis coriandri'', ''
Hysteroneura setariae'', ''
Ropalosiphum maidis'', ''
Therioaphis trifolii'', ''
Macrosiphum granarium'', ''
Schizaphis graminum
The greenbug, or wheat aphid (''Schizaphis graminum''), is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and feeds on the leaves of Gramineae (grass) family members.
Its original distribution is the Palaearct ...
'', ''
Phenacoccus solenopsis'', ''
Ferrisia virigata'', ''
Drosicha mangiferae'', ''
Amrasca devastans'', ''
Amrasca biguttula'', ''
Bemisia tabaci
The silverleaf whitefly (''Bemisia tabaci'', also informally referred to as the sweet potato whitefly) is one of several species of whitefly that are currently important agriculture, agricultural pest (animal), pests. A review in 2011 concluded t ...
'', ''
Tetranychus atlanticus'', ''
Adelges joshii'', ''
Aonidiella auranti'', ''
Aonidiella citrina'', ''
Aonidiella orientalis'', ''
Aspidiotus destructor'', ''
Hemiberiesia latanias'', ''
Leucaspis coniferarum'', ''
Parlatoria'', ''
Pinnaspis strachani'', ''
Quadraspidiotus perniciosus'', ''
Ferrisia virgata
''Ferrisia virgata'', commonly known as the striped mealybug, is a species of mealybug belonging to the Pseudococcidae family. ''F. virgata'' parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the long. The species ...
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Phthorimaea operculella
''Phthorimaea operculella'', also known as the potato tuber moth or tobacco splitworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is an oligophagous insect that feeds on the plant family Solanaceae and is especially known for being a major pest of ...
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Planococcus pacificus'', ''
Acyrthosiphon pisum
''Acyrthosiphon pisum'', commonly known as the pea aphid (and colloquially known as the green dolphin, pea louse, and clover louse), is a sap-sucking insect in the family Aphididae. It feeds on several species of legumes (plant family Fabaceae) ...
'' and ''
Tecaspis''.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1905783
Beetles described in 1789
Coccinellidae