Ladybird Beetles

Coccinellidae

Summary 6

The Coccinellidae are a family of small beetles, ranging from 1 to 10 mm (0.04 to 0.4 inches). They are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, heads and antennae. Such colour patterns vary greatly, however; for example, a minority of species, such as Vibidia duodecimguttata, a twelve-spotted species, have whitish spots on a brown background. Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described, more than 450 native...

SoCal Status 7

Known Species per The California Beetle Database .
Adalia bipunctata
Anatis rathvoni
Axion plagiatum
Brachiacantha blaisdelli
Brumoides histrio
Carinodulinka baja
Cephaloscymnus occidentalis
Chilocorus cacti
Chilocorus fraternus
Chilocorus orbus
Coccidophilus atronitens
Coccinella californica
Coccinella johnsoni
Coccinella novemnotata
Coccinella prolongata bridwelli
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella transversoguttata richardsoni
Coccinella trifasciata perplexa
Coccinella trifasciata subversa
Coleomegilla maculata strenua
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Cycloneda munda
Cycloneda polita
Cycloneda sanguinea
Delphastus catalinae
Delphastus pusillus
Didion longulum
Diomus debilis
Diomus taedatus
Exochomus californicus
Exochomus fasciatus
Exochomus flavipes
Gnathoweisea planiceps
Halmus chalybeus
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia dimidiata
Hippodamia apicalis
Hippodamia convergens
Hippodamia glacialis lecontei
Hippodamia parenthesis
Hippodamia quinquesignata ambigua
Hippodamia sinuata sinuata
Hyperaspidius arcuatus
Hyperaspidius comparatus
Hyperaspidius tristis
Hyperaspidius vittigera
Hyperaspis annexa
Hyperaspis bensonica
Hyperaspis dissoluta dissoluta
Hyperaspis excelsa
Hyperaspis fastidiosa
Hyperaspis inflexa
Hyperaspis lateralis
Hyperaspis leachi
Hyperaspis octonotata
Hyperaspis osculans
Hyperaspis pleuralis
Hyperaspis postica
Hyperaspis psyche
Hyperaspis quadrioculata
Hyperaspis spiculinota
Hyperaspis taeniata
Microweisea suturalis
Mulsantina picta
Myzia interrupta
Myzia subvittata
Naemia seriata litigiosa
Nephus binaevatus
Nephus guttulatus
Nephus quadrarius
Nephus sordidus
Nipus biplagiatus
Nipus occiduus
Olla v-nigrum
Paranaemia vittigera
Psyllobora renifer
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Rhyzobius forestieri
Rhyzobius lophanthae
Rodolia cardinalis
Scymnus ardelio
Scymnus calaveras
Scymnus cervicalis
Scymnus cockerelli
Scymnus falli
Scymnus fenderi
Scymnus gilae
Scymnus humboldti
Scymnus jacobianus
Scymnus loewii
Scymnus marginicollis
Scymnus nebulosus
Scymnus pacificus
Scymnus pallens
Selvadius megacephalus
Stethorus punctum picipes
Zagloba ornata
Zilus aterrimus

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  6. Adapted by BJ Stacey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae
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