Coccinella hieroglyphica

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| taxon = Coccinella hieroglyphica

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp

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Coccinella hieroglyphica, the hieroglyphic ladybird,{{Cite web |title=hieroglyphic ladybird - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/1174749 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=eol.org}} is a species of beetle in family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Palearctic.Joy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles

Coccinella hieroglyphica is found in Europe, European Russia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea.N. B. Nikitsky and А. S. Ukrainsky, 2016 The Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Moscow Province ISSN 0013-8738, Entomological Review, 2016, Vol. 96, No. 6, pp. 710–735 ISSN 0013-8738 [https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/nikitsky_ukrainsky_2016_coccinellidae_of_moscow_province.pdf online pdf ]Fauna Europaea

In Europe, in the north beyond the Polar circle, 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.Koch, K., Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Ökologie. Vol. 2 (Goecke und Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 1989). 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 on Alnus and Poaceaelablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. 1982. Les Coccinelles Coleopteres- Coccinellidae Tribu Coccinellini des regions Palearctique et Orientale. Boubee. Paris. 568 pp.

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