Nomenclature

Coccinella bipustulata Linnaeus, 1758: 367.

Chilocorus bipustulatus: Mulsant, 1846: 170.-Crotch, 1874: 185.-Jakobson, 1916: 990.

Diagnosis

Length: 3.1-4.5 mm; width: 2.7-4.0 mm. Form subhemispherical, strongly convex. Head yellowish with short sparse pubescence. Pronotum dull black to brown. Elytra dull black to brown with three small transverse yellow or orange spots at middle, often fused with each other forming a single transverse band. 

Distribution

India: Jammu & Kashmir. Pakistan. China. Mongolia. Western Europe. Russia. Introduced and established in parts of Africa and the USA. 

Prey/associated habitat

HOMOPTERA: Diaspididae: Parlatoria blanchardi (Targioni Tozzetti), Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock). Associated with scales infesting willow.

Seasonal occurrence

Collected in June-July from Jammu & Kashmir.

References

• Kuznetsov, V.N. 1997. Lady Beetles of the Russian Far East. Memoir No. 1, Centre for Systematic Entomology. 248 pp.

• Pang, X.F. & Mao, J.L. 1979. Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, II. Khongguo Jingi Kunchang Zhi 14: 1-170.