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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Genus: | Chnootriba |
Species: | C. elaterii
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Binomial name | |
Chnootriba elaterii (
Rossi, 1794)
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Chnootriba elaterii (formerly Henosepilachna elaterii), the melon ladybird beetle, [2] [3] is a phytophagous ladybird species found in southern Europe, Africa and western Asia. [4] It feeds mainly on squirting cucumber, but also on other cultivated or spontaneous Cucurbitaceae plants.