Paranaemia | |
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P. vittigera, Yolo County, California, 2020 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
Genus: |
Paranaemia Casey, 1899 |
Species: | P. vittigera
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Binomial name | |
Paranaemia vittigera (Mannerheim, 1843)
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Synonyms | |
Hippodamia vittigera Mannerheim, 1843 |
Paranaemia is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There is one described species in Paranaemia, P. vittigera, the broad-striped lady beetle. [1] [2] [3] The broad-striped lady beetle is native to western North America. [4] Like other ladybugs, it preys on aphids. [5]