Coccinella trifasciata

Coccinella trifasciata, the three-banded lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae.^[1][2] It has a broad distribution, including Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), Oceania, Southern Asia and North America.^[1][3]

Coccinella trifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Coccinella
Species:	C. trifasciata
Binomial name
Coccinella trifasciata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Coccinella (Coccinella) trifasciata Linnaeus, 1758 Coccinella cimicifugae Pallas, 1773 Coccinella trifasciata var. fennica Weise, 1879 Coccinella subversa LeConte, 1854 Coccinella juliana Mulsant, 1856 Coccinella barda LeConte, 1859 Coccinella eugenii Mulsant, 1866 Coccinella perplexa Mulsant, 1850

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Coccinella trifasciata:

• Coccinella trifasciata trifasciata
• Coccinella trifasciata perplexa Mulsant, 1850 (Labrador to New Jersey, west to Alaska and California)
• Coccinella trifasciata subversa LeConte, 1854 (British Columbia to California)