Species
Cycloneda polita (Western polished lady beetle)
Cycloneda polita. Photo: (c) brm85, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Cycloneda polita, known generally as the western blood-red lady beetle or polished ladybug, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.
- 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: Cycloneda (Spotless lady beetles)
- Species: Cycloneda polita (Western polished lady beetle)
- Genus: Cycloneda (Spotless lady beetles)
- Tribe: Coccinellini (Black-spotted lady beetles)
- Subfamily: Coccinellinae (Common lady beetles)
- Family: Coccinellidae (Lady beetles)
- Superfamily: Coccinelloidea (Lady, fungus, scavenger, and bark beetles)
- Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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