Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Heather Ladybird)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird)
GenusChilocorus (a genus of ladybirds)
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 Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird) :
1: Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird)
1 Oct 2018 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 adults, swept off Molinia, under Pine in heath
Image 1: Adult - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - ventral view - magnified - silver background

Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird)

A scale-insect feeding ladybird found mainly on heathland.

Has recently (2006) also turned up on Leylandii cypress. (Hodge, P., pers comm.)

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