Epilachna varivestis

TaxID: 447619

Basic Information

Epilachna varivestis

Ladybird Beetle, Mexican Bean Beetle, Mexican bean beetle

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.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Coccinellidae

Epilachna

varivestis

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Epilachna varivestis
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(c) Denise Williams@BY-NC
Epilachna varivestis
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(c) David Cappaert@BY-NC
Epilachna varivestis
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(c) Angus Mossman@BY-NC
Epilachna varivestis
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(c) Neptalí Ramírez Marcial@BY
Epilachna varivestis
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(c) Neptalí Ramírez Marcial@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (7 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Egypt Abesent 2018
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Indonesia Absent —
Israel Quarantine pest 2009
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Singapore Quarantine pests —
Syrian Arab Republic Absent —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

8
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present
Costa Rica Present —
Guatemala Present —
Honduras Present —
Japan Present
Mexico Present —
Nicaragua Absent —
El Salvador Present —
United States of America Present
United States of America Absent

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature