Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mealybug ladybird)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Tribe: Coccidulini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Booth, R.G. & Pope, R. D. (1986). A review of the genus Cryptolaemus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) with particular reference to the species resembling C. montrouzieri Mulsant. Bull. Entom. Res. 76: 701-717
Lawrence, J.F. & Britton, E.B. (1994). Australian Beetles. Melbourne: CSIRO. Melbourne University Press.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap).
