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First Record Of Hippodamia Variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) In Illinois, U.S.A., And Relation To Its Other Midwestern Collection Records, Louis S. Hesler, Jonathan G. Lundgren
First Record Of Hippodamia Variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) In Illinois, U.S.A., And Relation To Its Other Midwestern Collection Records, Louis S. Hesler, Jonathan G. Lundgren
The Great Lakes Entomologist
Hippodamia variegata (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is an Afro-Eurasian lady beetle first discovered in North America near Montreal, Canada, in 1984. Subsequent records of H. variegata have occurred over a gradually expanding area radiating from the initial detection site and also include a disjunct record from British Columbia. Here, we report the first Illinois specimen of H. variegata, collected in 2004, and discuss this in relation to previous reports of H. variegata in North America.