Cycloneda polita Casey, 1899 is a animal in the Coccinellidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cycloneda polita Casey, 1899

Cycloneda polita Casey, 1899

Cycloneda polita is a North American spotless red lady beetle species in the family Coccinellidae.

Family
Genus
Cycloneda
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cycloneda polita Casey, 1899

Cycloneda polita (Casey, 1899) is a species of lady beetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae. Its common names include the western blood-red lady beetle, polished ladybug, and western spotless ladybird beetle. This species is found in North America. It has unspotted red elytra, and a black thorax marked with a white rim and white crescents.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Cycloneda

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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