Henosepilachna

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata 1959.jpg

| image_caption = Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

| taxon = Henosepilachna

| authority = Li & Cook, 1961

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = ~20; See Text

}}

Henosepilachna is a genus of beetle in the family Coccinellidae, including several pest species, such as the 28-spotted potato ladybird (which may refer to either Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata,[http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/pests/Epilachna_vigintioctomaculata/ AgroAtlas] or Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata{{cite web|url=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_745.htm|title=Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius) |date=July 7, 2005 |publisher=CSIRO |access-date=April 27, 2009}}).

Distribution

Species in this genus occur through much of Asia and Australasia, and one species, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, has been accidentally introduced in other parts of the world (e.g., Brazil and Argentina{{Cite web |url=http://www.coccinellidae.cl/paginasWebBra/Paginas/Epilachna_vigintioctopunctata_Bra.php |title=Epilachna vigintioctopunctata - Coccinellidae de Brasil |access-date=2016-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421155136/http://www.coccinellidae.cl/paginasWebBra/Paginas/Epilachna_vigintioctopunctata_Bra.php |archive-date=2016-04-21 |url-status=dead }}).

Species

Former species

References