Mexican bean beetle

Mexican bean beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Epilachna
Species:
E. varivestis
Binomial name
Epilachna varivestis
Mulsant, 1850
Synonyms
  • Epilachna cervina Mulsant, 1850
  • Epilachna corrupta Mulsant, 1850
  • Epilachna cuprea Cockerell, 1918
  • Epilachna genuina Mulsant, 1850
  • Epilachna juncta Johnson, 1910
  • Epilachna maculiventris Bland, 1864
  • Epilachna toweri Johnson, 1910[1]
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The Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis) is a species of lady beetle that can be an agricultural pest. It is one of the few North American lady beetles that feed on plants rather than other insects. It is found throughout Mexico and the eastern United States, and is abundant in the wetter and more heavily irrigated areas west of the Rocky Mountains. It does not tolerate extremely dry areas.

  1. ^ McNamara J., 1991. Family Coccinellidae (ladybird beetles). In: Bousquet, Y. (Ed.), Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada. Publication 1861/E., Ottawa. 430pp