Chilocorus renipustulatus (Scriba, 1791)
(Kidney-spot Ladybird)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChilocorus renipustulatus (Kidney-spot 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 renipustulatus (Kidney-spot Ladybird) :
1: Chilocorus renipustulatus (Kidney-spot Ladybird)
7 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU54 51° 10’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
2 pupae, with Euonymus Scale on Spindle leaves
Image 1: Pupae - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Pupa - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Chilocorus renipustulatus (Kidney-spot Ladybird)
19 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On bare Ash trunk
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 6: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (6)Image 7: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (7)Image 8: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 9: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Adult - elytra ajar - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Adult - elytra ajar - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 12: Adult - elytra part open - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 13: Adult - elytra part open - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 14: Adult - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 15: Adult - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 16: Adult - lateral view - enlargedImage 17: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 18: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 19: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 20: Adult - posterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 21: Adult - posterior view - enlargedImage 22: Adult - wing protruding - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged
3: Chilocorus renipustulatus (Kidney-spot Ladybird)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Pupa on Box in garden, emerged 25 July 04
Image 1: Pupa - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Adult - dorso-lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Adult - dorso-lateral view - magnified (2)Image 5: Adult - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Adult - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 7: Adult - lateral view - magnified (3)Image 8: Pupa - dorsal - magnifiedImage 9: Pupal exuvia - magnified
4: Chilocorus renipustulatus (Kidney-spot Ladybird)
23 May 1970 OSGR: TL78 52° 20’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Suffolk (VC 26) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlarged

Chilocorus renipustulatus (Kidney-spot Ladybird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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