200-spotted ladybird - 200-spotted ladybird

Japanese: ニジュウヤホシテントウ - にじゅうやほしてんとう
200-spotted ladybird - 200-spotted ladybird

An insect belonging to the family Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera of the class Insecta. It is a major pest of eggplants, found widely in Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and the Ryukyu Islands, as well as Taiwan, China, and the tropical Orient. Its body length is 6-7 mm. Its hemispherical body is yellowish brown or reddish brown, but has a dull luster due to the dense covering of short gray hairs. There are 3-6 black markings on the pronotum and 14 on each of the upper spurs, but some may disappear. Both adults and larvae feed on the leaves of solanaceous plants such as eggplant, potato, and tomato, leaving veins and creating a net-like pattern. Overwintering females lay an average of 500 eggs from spring, and the next generation of adults emerge after about 40 days on average, and the females lay even more eggs. The adults emerge about a month later and overwinter. The larvae are white, spindle-shaped, and thick, with two pairs of black dendrites on the pronotum and three pairs on each of the other segments. Species in the same genus include the large 24-spotted ladybird beetle, a pest of potatoes, and the 12-spotted ladybird beetle, which infests cucumbers.

[Takehiko Nakane]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

昆虫綱甲虫目テントウムシ科に属する昆虫。本州、四国、九州、南西諸島から台湾、中国さらに東洋熱帯域に広く分布するナス類の大害虫。体長6~7ミリメートル。半球形の体で、黄褐色ないし赤褐色であるが、灰色の短毛を密生しているので光沢が鈍い。前胸背には3~6個、各上ばねに14個の黒紋があるが、一部が消えることもある。成虫・幼虫ともにナス、ジャガイモ、トマトなどナス科植物の葉を食害し、脈を残して網目状にする。越冬した雌は春から平均500の卵を産み、平均して40日ほどたつと次の世代の成虫が現れ、その雌はさらに多く産卵し、およそ1か月余りたって羽化した成虫は越冬する。幼虫は白くて紡錘形で太っており、前胸に2対、ほかの節に各3対の黒い樹枝状突起を備えている。同属の種にはジャガイモの害虫オオニジュウヤホシテントウ、ウリ類につくジュウニマダラテントウなどがある。

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