Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00686
Common Australian Lady Beetle
Coelophora inaequalis
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About Common Australian Lady Beetle
Common Australian Lady Beetle (Coelophora inaequalis) is a member of Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — biocontrol.
Common Australian Lady Beetle (Coelophora inaequalis) is an introduced biological-control predator documented from Kauaʻi since the plantation era. Adults and predatory larvae are markedly different identification stages.
Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: Historical Hawaiian entomology records Coelophora inaequalis as an introduced aphid predator that nearly eliminated a heavy sugarcane aphid outbreak at Kīlauea Plantation, Kauaʻi; ITIS recognizes the species as valid and introduced in Hawaiʻi.
The cited occurrence evidence does not by itself establish current abundance or population trend on Kauaʻi.
Life cycle
Egg; larva; pupa; adult.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Coelophora inaequalis
- Common names
- Common Australian Lady Beetle
- Other names
- Coccinella repanda (historical Kauaʻi biocontrol report)
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced — biocontrol
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Common Australian Lady Beetle (Coelophora inaequalis) is a member of Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — biocontrol.