(large spotted 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 Harmonia conformis)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Tribe: Coccinellini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Predatory on Paropsisterna bimaculata (Baker et al., 2003).
Collection method(s) for TFIC material: — Not specified — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Acacia melanoxylon.
Source ecological literature:
Baker, S.C. et al. (2003). Inundative release of coccinellid beetles into eucalypt plantations for biological control of chrysomelid leaf beetles. Agr. For. Entom. 5: 97-106.
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.
