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Novius breviusculus
Novius breviusculus is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and China. It was introduced on Guam and the Marshall Islands.
From the article Novius breviusculus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.25–4 mm (0.128–0.157 in). They are reddish or orange-testaceous on both the upper surface and ventral surface.
In human culture
They have been recorded preying on Aleurodicus dispersus, Icerya aegyptiaca, Icerya purchasi and Monophlebus species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life history”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1265488.