BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (L., 1758) (Twenty-two-spot Ladybird)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Imago 6 April 1974 (Yorks) England 2
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Imago 20 March 1971 East Norfolk England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Roy, H., Rowland, F., Brown, P., Ware, R. & Majerus, M., 2005 (Colour photograph) Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird - a new invasive species

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata is associated with:

Photos Apiaceae - umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae is associated with mildewed Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
larva Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) larva grazes on colony Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 [on umbellifers]

There may be more taxa associated with Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

Associated with Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata:

prepupa prepupa is endoparasitoid host of larva Phalacrotophora fasciata - a scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
pupa (newly formed) pupa (newly formed) is endoparasitoid host of larva Phalacrotophora fasciata - a scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

References

Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 Ladybirds

Creative Commons License
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by
Malcolm Storey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales