Steganocerus multipunctatus

Steganocerus multipunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Scutelleridae
Genus: Steganocerus
Species: S. multipunctatus
Binomial name
Steganocerus multipunctatus
Thunberg, 1783
Synonyms
  • Cimex argus Fabricius 1787
  • Cimex rusticus Fabricius 1787
  • Cimex multipunctatus Thunberg 1788 [1]
  • Sphaerocoris adspersus Stål 1853
  • Sphaerocoris hamiferus Stål 1853
  • Sphaerocoris impluviatus Germar 1839
  • Sphaerocoris quadrinotata Westwood 1837
  • Sphaerocoris simplex Herrich-Schäffer 1836
  • Sphaerocoris simulans Stål 1858
  • Steganocerus machadoi Leston 1954

Steganocerus multipunctatus Thunberg 1783, or Ladybird Bug is a Sub-Saharan African member of the Hemiptera with a strong resemblance to a Ladybird. It is normally black with bright orange spots, but is quite variable in colour and may be brown without spots. It shares Müllerian mimicry with the Tortoise beetle Chiridopsis suffriani, [2] and a spider Paraplectana thorntoni. [3][4]

S. multipunctatus is one of the Rhynchota whose presence has been recorded on a wide range of indigenous plants and cultivated crops such as cotton. [5]

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