Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Cream-spot Ladybird)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird)
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird) :
1: Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird)
1 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Ladybird, beaten from birch . Photos: Imago
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly magnifiedImage 2: Latero-dorsal view - highly magnifiedImage 3: Ventral view - highly magnifiedImage 4: Ventral view - highly magnified (2)
2: Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird)
13 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Hawthorn
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Elytral puncturation - close-upImage 3: Head & thorax - undersideImage 4: Underside
3: Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird)
23 May 1970 OSGR: TL78 52° 30’ N, 0° 40’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on Birch
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Roy, H., Rowland, F., Brown, P., Ware, R. & Majerus, M. 2005 Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird - a new invasive species British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 403-407.

Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird)
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