Micraspis flavovittata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
Tribe: | Coccinellini |
Genus: | Micraspis |
Species: | M. flavovittata
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Binomial name | |
Micraspis flavovittata
Crotch, 1874
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Micraspis flavovittata is a species of ladybird of the genus Micraspis. [1] The species was described by Crotch in 1874. [2] The species was presumed to become extinct until an amateur naturalist [3] found about 40 individuals of the species in the Discovery Bay Coastal Park in western Victoria. [4] [5]