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Exochomus apicatus
Parexochomus pubescens is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in India (Haryana, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, France and Italy.
From the article Parexochomus pubescens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 2.5–2.8 mm (0.098–0.110 in). The head and pronotum are yellowish brown, the latter slightly fuscous in the middle or with a distinct black median macula. The elytra are dark brown to black.
In human culture
They have been recorded preying on Parlatoria species, Bemisia tabaci and Tetranychus turkmenicus.
== 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 891627.