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Coccinella
Coccinella is the most familiar genus of ladybird (or, in North America, ladybug). The elytra of most species are of a red or orange colour, punctuated with black spots or bands. The genus occurs throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but has only 11 species native to North America, with far more in Eurasia.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella septempunctata
Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle
speciesCoccinella transversalis
California Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella californica
Three-banded Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella trifasciata
Eleven-spotted Ladybird Beetle
speciesCoccinella undecimpunctata
Transverse Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella transversoguttata
5-spotted Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella quinquepunctata
Scarce Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle
speciesCoccinella magnifica
Nine-spotted Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella novemnotata
Mountain Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella monticola
Hieroglyphic Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella hieroglyphica
Trivial Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella nugatoria
Orange-spotted Ladybird Beetle
speciesCoccinella leonina
Coccinella miranda
speciesCoccinella miranda
Satellite Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella difficilis
High-country Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella alta
Prolongate Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella prolongata
Coccinella nivicola
speciesCoccinella nivicola
Coccinella ainu
speciesCoccinella ainu
Coccinella luteopicta
speciesCoccinella luteopicta
Coccinella saucerottii
speciesCoccinella saucerottii
Coccinella venusta
speciesCoccinella venusta
Coccinella magnopunctata
speciesCoccinella magnopunctata
Coccinella longifasciata
speciesCoccinella longifasciata
Coccinella hasegawai
speciesCoccinella hasegawai
Gleaming Lady Beetle
speciesCoccinella fulgida
Coccinella explanata
speciesCoccinella explanata
Coccinella marussii
speciesCoccinella marussii
Coccinella septemdecimsignata
speciesCoccinella septemdecimsignata
Coccinella sachalinensis
speciesCoccinella sachalinensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 51703.