| Cycloneda polita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Cycloneda |
| Species: | C. polita |
| Binomial name | |
| Cycloneda polita Casey, 1899 | |
Cycloneda polita, known generally as the western blood-red lady beetle, polished ladybug, or western spotless ladybird beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It has red elytra without spots and a black thorax marked with a white rim and crescents.[4]

Western blood-red lady beetle, Cycloneda polita
References
- ↑ "Cycloneda polita Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Cycloneda polita". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Cycloneda polita species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780520288744.
Further reading
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
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