Psyllobora bisoctonotata

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| genus = Psyllobora

| species = bisoctonotata

| authority = (Mulsant, 1850)

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Psyllobora bisoctonotata is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae and the genus Psyllobora. It is found in India and surrounding Asian countries.{{Cite web |title=Psyllobora bisoctonotata |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/794507-Psyllobora-bisoctonotata |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}}{{Cite GBIF |title=Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant, 1850) |id=9731284 |access-date=2025-03-04}} Its main food source is Powdery Mildew and is a well known powdery mildew feeder in several countries.{{Cite journal |last=Satti |first=Abdalla Abdelrahim |date=2015-01-01 |title=First record and bionomics of the mycophagous ladybird Psyllobora bisoctonotata'' (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Sudan |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X13000313 |journal=Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=48–53 |doi=10.1016/j.jssas.2013.06.003 |issn=1658-077X|doi-access=free }}

Appearance

Psyllobora bisoctonotata is 3.20 – 3.50 mm in length, and 2.20 – 2.50 mm in width. Its appearance consists of a creamy yellow elytra which hosts 18 dots that vary in size and shape arranged in an 2 - 3 - 3 - 1 pattern. the pronotum has a pale brown, indistinct, roughly M-shaped marking on it.

References

Category:Beetles described in 1850

Category:Coccinellidae