Genus

Coccinella

Coccinella trifasciata. Photo: (c) Jason M Crockwell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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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.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Coccinelloidea (Lady, fungus, scavenger, and bark beetles)
        Family: Coccinellidae (Lady beetles)
        Subfamily: Coccinellinae (Common lady beetles)
        Tribe: Coccinellini (Black-spotted lady beetles)
        Genus: Coccinella
        Species: Coccinella trifasciata (Three-banded lady beetle) (1)
        Species: Coccinella californica (California lady beetle)

Subtaxa

Species: Coccinella trifasciata (Three-banded lady beetle)

Species: Coccinella californica (California lady beetle)

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