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Variable Ladybird Beetle
Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, via iNaturalist

Beetles

Variable Ladybird Beetle

Coelophora inaequalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Names

EnglishVariable Ladybird Beetle
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese变斑盘瓢虫
Scientific nameCoelophora inaequalis (Fabricius, 1775)

About this species

Coelophora inaequalis, the variable ladybird, common Australian lady beetle or common Australian ladybug is a ladybird species endemic to Australia, Oceania and Southern Asia.

C. inaequalis was introduced into Florida and Hawaii as a biological control agent to combat Sipha flava, the yellow sugarcane aphid.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCoccinellidae
GenusCoelophora

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
2025First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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