Coccinellidae: Ladybirds of Western-Europe
        Subfamily Coccinellinae - Tribus Coccinellini - Genus Harmonia

     Harmonia quadripunctata Pontopiddan

Harmonia quadripunctata (c) coccinellidae.net
   

Cream-streaked ladybird

[Morphology] 5 - 7 mm. A variable number of dark spots and often lighter patches or stripes are the characteristics of this species. It has a flattened appearance and the pronotum has the M shape we see in more species, but more little spots can be seen between the larger.
Compare with Adalia decempunctata
[Ecology] On pinus and picea
[Distribution] Rather common


Synonym: Harmonia marginepunctata (Schall.) ° Harmonia sedecimpunctata
° NL:Harlekijnlieveheersbeestje ° FR:coccinelle arlequin ° D:Vierpunktuger Marienkäfer °
     
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Harmonia quadripunctata on other websites :
Fauna Europaea:Taxon/Map (english) Coccinellidae.be (belgian/dutch) Stippen.nl (dutch) KerbTier.de (german) Waarneming.nl (dutch) UK Ladybird Survey (english)

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