Hippodamia moesta politissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Coccinellini
Genus: Hippodamia
Species: Hippodamia moesta
Subspecies: Hippodamia moesta politissima

Name

Hippodamia moesta LeConte, 1854: 19

• original combination: Hippodamia politissima Casey, 1899: 80
• Authority for current placement: Chapin, 1946: 21
• Type locality: California: Prairie Paso
• Holotype: male ♂, USNM

References

Primary references

• Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae; with Appendix of Coccinellidae taken in equatorial and southern Africa during the Transit of Venus expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in 1882. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(2): 71–169. BHL Reference page. 
• Chapin, E.A. 1946. Review of the New World species of Hippodamia Dejean (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 106(11): 1–39. hdl: 10088/22793 . BHL Reference page.