Coccinella hieroglyphica

Coccinella hieroglyphica, the hieroglyphic ladybird,^[2] is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Palearctic.^[3]

Coccinella hieroglyphica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Coccinella
Species:	C. hieroglyphica
Binomial name
Coccinella hieroglyphica Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms
Coccinella flexuosa Fabricius, 1777 Coccinella trilineata Herbst, 1783 Coccinella marginemaculata Brahm, 1790 Coccinella ribis Scriba, 1791 Coccinella sinuata Næzén, 1792 Coccinella areata Panzer, 1794 Coccinella octopustulata Thunberg, 1795 Coccinella lineolata Marsham, 1802 Coccinella sinuosa Marsham, 1802 Coccinella impustulata var. rufocincta Haworth, 1812 Coccinella mannerheimii Mulsant, 1850 Coccinella tricuspis Kirby, 1837 (preocc.) Coccinella kirbii Crotch, 1871 Coccinella humboldtiensis Nunenmacher, 1912

Coccinella hieroglyphica is found in Europe, European Russia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and Korea.^[4][5] In Europe, it is found in the north beyond the Polar circle, and in the south to Northern Italy. They live in heath and moorland habitats to heights of 1,200 meters, on different Ericaceae, feeding on aphids. Other, less preferred, habitats are wet meadows, marshes, wastelands, and mixed forests. Other host plants are Pinus abies and other Pinus species and various Betula species.^[6]

Their populations vary greatly from year to year. They fly from May to October and overwinter in coarse woody debris under pines and birches. In the former USSR, it is aphidophagous on Salix species, birches, and Alnus and Poaceae.^[7]

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