Clypeaspis trilineata (Mulsant)

Poorani, J., 2022, A review of the tribe Hyperaspidini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Indian region, Zootaxa 5120 (2), pp. 198-212 : 207

Clypeaspis trilineata (Mulsant)

( Fig. 8c )

Hyperaspis trilineata Mulsant, 1850: 667 .– Crotch 1874: 227; Korschefsky 1931: 198.

Clypeaspis trilineata: Gordon & Canepari 2008: 279 (change of combination).

Clypeaspis trilineata ( Mulsant, 1850) ( Fig. 8c ), originally described as Hyperaspis trilineata , is a species distributed in the Caribbeans, USA and South America ( Gordon & Canepari 2008; González 2009; CABI 2021b). It was introduced in India from Barbados in 1970 (as H. trilineata ) by the erstwhile Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Indian Station (Bangalore), for use against the sugarcane mealybug, Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) , but it did not establish ( Sankaran 1974; Poorani 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 8. a, b. Hyperaspis marginaloides Canepari: a. holotype female (MHNG); b. label data, holotype; c. Clypeaspis trilineata (Mulsant), adult, dorsal view.