Twelve-Spotted Gourd Ladybird

Henosepilachna boisduvali

The Twelve-Spotted Gourd Ladybird (Henosepilachna boisduvali) is one of the vegetarian Ladybird beetles in the subfamily Epilachninae. It is known as a pest on Solanacea (such as egg plants).
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Appearance

Henosepilachna boisduvali has 12 spots (6 on each elytrum) with the two pairs of spots along the suture NOT touching the suture (or each other for that matter), separating it from the otherwise very similar looking (and more polymorphic) Epilachna admirabilis Henosepilachna kaszabi and Henosepilachna indica.

Distribution

Henosepilachna boisduvali is distributed throughout India, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCoccinellidae
GenusHenosepilachna
SpeciesHenosepilachna boisduvali
Photographed in
Indonesia