Coccinellidae: Ladybirds of Western-Europe
        Subfamily Chilocorinae - Tribus Chilocorini - Genus Exochomus

     Exochomus nigromaculatus Goeze

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[Morphology] 3.2 - 4 mm. Completely black ladybird from dry moors.
Only the margin of the pronotum and the legs are orange.
The round shape is also significant.
May be confused with Hyperaspis spec. but that has a small red spot on the elytra.


[Ecology] Dry moorland
[Distribution] Quite rare


Synonym: Exochomus flavipes (Thunbg.) ° Exochomus auritus Scriba
° NL:Zwart lieveheersbeestje ° FR:coccinelle noire ° D:Schwarzer Schildlaus-Marienkäfer °

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