Micraspis frenata (Erichson, 1842) (striped ladybird)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Micraspis frenata)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Coccinelloidea

Family: Coccinellidae

Subfamily: Coccinellinae

Tribe: Coccinellini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 5.8
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: predator