Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius, 1798)

Ali, Muhammad, Ahmed, Khalil, Ali, Shaukat, Raza, Ghulam, Hussain, Ishtiaq, Nafees, Maisoor Ahmed & Anjum, Syed Ishtiaq, 2018, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 803, pp. 93-120 : 93

Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius, 1798) Fig. 12

General distribution.

Agalega, American Samoa, Burma, Brazil, Ghana, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Reunion Island, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Society Islands, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey and Zimbabwe (Nandwani and Joseph 2003, NBAII 2011, Omkar and Pervez 2003, Poorani 2002, Thomas and Blanchard 2014).

Distribution in Sindh.

Tandojam, Hyderabad and Karachi (Ali 2013).

Host plants and prey species in Sindh.

Aonidiella auranti (Mask), A. citrina (Coq), A. orientalis Newst, Aspidiotus destructor Sign, Hemiberiesia latanias (Sign), Leucaspis coniferarum Hall & Williams, Parlatoria spp, Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley), Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comst, Tecaspis spp. ( Diaspididae : Homoptera) (Ali 2013).