Pseudaspidimerus uttami

Pseudaspidimerus uttami is a species of lady beetle native to India and Sri Lanka.

Description

Body primarily black, with yellowish anterior corners of pronotum. Elytra with two oval rounded discal spots which are orange yellow in color. Prosternal process is short and squat. The area bound by prosternal carinae is parabolic.

Biology

It is a predator of several whiteflies, aphids and scale insects such as Aphis gossypii, and Planococcus citri.

References

1. Pseudaspidimerus
2. List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka