Propylea dissecta
| Propylea dissecta | |
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| File:Propylea dissecta photographed in the wild, in Mumbai, India.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Propylea |
| Species: | P. dissecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Propylea dissecta (Mulsant, 1850)
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Propylea dissecta is a species of lady beetle native to India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.[1][2]
Description
[edit | edit source]This robust beetle is about 5 to 6 mm in length. Elytra reddish orange in color with black central line. Adults show polymorphism with several intermediate and pale forms.[3]
Biology
[edit | edit source]Sexual maturity of male and female ladybirds is about 7 and 9 days respectively. Adult males are more willing to mate with females irrespective of age. Mating duration is longest amongst older adults where 30 day-old males and 20 day-old females can be found.[4][5] Chemical signals as well as visual and tactile cues initiate male attraction toward females. Mating lasted longest about 275 minutes when it occurred between unmated individuals.[6]
It is a voracious predator on several aphids such as Aphis gossypii, Aphis craccivora, Lipaphis erysimi, Uroleucon compositae, Brevicoryne brassicae, Rhopalosiphum maidis and Myzus persicae.[7][8][9][10]
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