Hippodamia quinquesignata

Hippodamia quinquesignata, the five-spotted lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.^[1][2][3]

Hippodamia quinquesignata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Hippodamia
Species:	H. quinquesignata
Binomial name
Hippodamia quinquesignata (Kirby, 1837)
Synonyms
Coccinella quinquesignata Kirby, 1837 Hippodamia mulsanti LeConte, 1852 Hippodamia ambigua LeConte, 1852 Hippodamia punctulata LeConte, 1852 Hippodamia leporina Mulsant, 1856 Hippodamia subsimilis Casey, 1899 Hippodamia vernix Casey, 1899 Hippodamia obliqua Casey, 1899 Hippodamia uteana Casey, 1908 Hippodamia coccinea Casey, 1908

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4-7 mm. In subspecies quinquesignata, the pronotum sometimes has convergent pale spots. The colour pattern of the elytron is extremely variable.^[4] Subspecies ambigua is usually, but not always, spotless.^[5]

Subspecies

These subspecies belong to the species Hippodamia quinquesignata:

• Hippodamia quinquesignata ambigua LeConte, 1852 (southern British Columbia to southern California, west of the Sierra Nevada^[6])
• Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata (Kirby, 1837) (Prince Edward Island to Yukon Territory and Alaska, south to New Mexico and California)

Hippodamia quinquesignata ambigua