Ocular Cow [1] ( lat. Anatis ocellata ) - a species of ladybugs from the subfamily Coccinellinae .
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Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Ecology
- 3 Variations
- 4 notes
Description
Small beetle; in length reaches 8-10 mm. The head and pronotum are black, two spots on the crown of the head, two spots in front of the scutellum, and lateral edges of the pronotum yellow, sides with a black spot on a yellow background. Elytra yellow or reddish, each with ten or less black spots, usually surrounded by light rims, sometimes the spots are connected in the longitudinal or transverse direction, sometimes disappear [2] .
Ecology
This cow is found on conifers, where it feeds on aphids [2] .
Variations
In the genus:
- Anatis ocellata var. bicolor weise
- Anatis ocellata var. boeberi ceder
- Anatis ocellata var. linnaei weise
- Anatis ocellata var. vulgaris weise
Notes
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 140. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 Bei-Bienko G. Ya. Part 1. Cole-winged and fan-winged // Identifier of insects of the European part of the USSR in five volumes. - Moscow — Leningrad: “Science”, 1965. - T. II. - S. 319-326. - 668 p.