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Nephus bipunctatus

Synonyms: Scymnus bipunctatus (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Nephus bipunctatus bipunctatus
Nephus bipunctatus sinuatomaculatus

Prey / Diet

Lopholeucaspis japonica (Japanese maple scale)[1]
Nipaecoccus viridis (karoo thorn mealybug)[1]
Peliococcus kimmericus[1]
Planococcus vovae (Nassonov's mealybug)[1]
Porphyrophora hamelii[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Brumus quadripustulatus (Pine Ladybird )2
Chilocorus bipustulatus (heather ladybird)1
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mealybug destroyer)1
Platynaspis nigra1
Rhyzobius lophanthae (Scale-eating lady beetle)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0