Harmonia antipoda
Harmonia antipoda, known as the antipodean ladybird, is a species of ladybird beetle (family Coccinellidae) indigenous to New Zealand.[1] It occurs in forests on the North Island; they have been spotted on dead rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) trees, both on the leaves and under bark.[1] They are a brown colour, and about 3 mm long.[1] Another (non-native) species of the same genus (Harmonia conformis) also occurs in New Zealand, but is much larger and more conspicuously coloured.
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| Tribe: | Coccinellini |
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| Species: | H. antipoda |
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| Harmonia antipoda (Boisduval, 1835) | |
References
- Crowe, A. (2002). Which New Zealand Insect?. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin. p. 47. ISBN 0-14-100636-6.
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