Epilachna sumbana (A Leaf-eating Ladybird)
A specialist feeder on the foliage of cucurbits (pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber etc), both the adults and the larvae.
Three species of Epilachna, E. sumbana, E. vigintioctopunctata and E. vigintisexpunctata, can be separated only by close examination.
Good images of the tips of the elytra can be used to separate sumbana (apices rounded) from vigintioctopunctata and vigintisexpunctata (apices 'distinctly angled'). The latter two can be separated only on examination of the genitalia.
Epilachna sumbana is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | New South Wales North Coast | Greater Brisbane
Species information
- Epilachna sumbana Scientific name
- A Leaf-eating Ladybird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 805.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Henoepilachna sumbana, Epilachna vigintioctopunctata sumbana, E. cucurbitae
Location information
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Maps
Albury Clyde Cameron Reserve Ewart Brothers Reserve Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Wodonga WREN Reserves -
Places
Conder, ACT Copmanhurst, NSW Curtin, ACT Higgins, ACT Holt, ACT Kaleen, ACT Kambah, ACT Krawarree, NSW Lyneham, ACT Macquarie, ACT Murrumbateman, NSW O'Connor, ACT Weston, ACT
