Hippodamia quinquesignata

Hippodamia quinquesignata, the five-spotted lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4-7 mm. In subspecies quinquesignata, the pronotum sometimes has convergent pale spots. The colour pattern of the elytron is extremely variable. Subspecies ambigua is usually, but not always, spotless.

Subspecies

These subspecies belong to the species Hippodamia quinquesignata:

• Hippodamia quinquesignata ambigua <small>LeConte, 1852</small> (southern British Columbia to southern California, west of the Sierra Nevada)
• Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata <small>(Kirby, 1837)</small> (Prince Edward Island to Yukon Territory and Alaska, south to New Mexico and California)

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