Epilachna

Life-forms

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

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Epilachnini
Genus: Epilachna

Species (495): E. abrupta – E. aculata – E. adnexa – E. adscita – E. advena – E. aemula – E. aemuloides – E. aenigma – E. aereipennis – E. aestimabilis – E. aggregata – E. agnata – E. albovittata – E. alluaudi – E. alternans – E. ambigua – E. ambrensis – E. amharae – E. amorpha – E. amplipunctata – E. andrewesi – E. angustata – E. animula – E. annamensis – E. annexa – E. anthodea – E. anthracina – E. apiceoculata – E. apicilaris – E. approximata – E. argiola – E. arytaenoidea – E. atrosinuata – E. aubei – E. aulisoides – E. aurea – E. aureola – E. aureopilosa – E. auricoma – E. axillaris – E. azurea – E. basalis – E. bennigseni – E. benschi – E. berthae – E. besucheti – E. bhutanensis – E. bicirculifera – E. bifibulata – E. bimaculicollis – E. bisbivittata – E. bisdecempunctata – E. bisdecemsignata – E. bisellata – E. bisoctonotata – E. bisquinquenotata – E. bisseptemmaculata – E. bissexguttata – E. bistriguttata – E. bistrisignata – E. bistrispilota – E. bituberculata – E. blandula – E. bolivicola – E. bomparti – E. bonplandi – E. boops – E. boraustralis – E. borealis – E. boreli – E. bourcieri – E. bouvieri – E. brachyloba – E. buckleyi – E. cacica – E. calisto – E. callangae – E. calligrapta – E. carapacola – E. caucaensis – E. cechovskii – E. championi – E. chayuensis – E. chelys – E. chigata – E. chinensis – E. ciliata – E. cinctipennis – E. cinerea – E. circulifera – E. circumcincta – E. clandestina – E. coccinelloides – E. colombiana – E. colorata – E. compilata – E. completa – E. concolor – E. confixa – E. confusa – E. conifera – E. conjuncta – E. conradti – E. consimilis – E. conspergata – E. consputa – E. consularis – E. convextata – E. cordula – E. cormosana – E. corniventris – E. crassimala – E. crecentomaculata – E. cribrata – E. cuonaensis – E. cuscoi – E. cushmani – E. darlingtoni – E. dawkinsi – E. decellei – E. decemguttata – E. delessertii – E. deleta – E. densevestita – E. deuterea – E. deyrollii – E. dictyodroma – E. difficilis – E. discincta – E. discoidea – E. discolor – E. discrepens – E. diversipes – E. dives – E. divisa – E. divisoides – E. dobzhanskyi – E. dohrni – E. donckieri – E. donghoiensis – E. dorsigera – E. dufourii – E. duodecimpustulosa – E. duvivieri – E. echinata – E. ecuadorica – E. ellisi – E. elongatula – E. emeiensis – E. emerita – E. endomycina – E. erichsoni – E. erinacea – E. erythrotricha – E. esemephata – E. eusema – E. excisa – E. eximia – E. extrema – E. fansipana – E. fasciata – E. fascifera – E. fasciolata – E. fausta – E. fenchinica – E. fenestrata – E. fenestroides – E. flavocirculus – E. flavopustulata – E. forsteri – E. freudei – E. freyana – E. fryii – E. furcata – E. furtiva – E. fuscopilosa – E. galerucinoides – E. gallaensis – E. gelensis – E. gentilis – E. geoffroyi – E. geometrica – E. globiera – E. gnoma – E. godmani – E. goeteli – E. gokteika – E. gordoni – E. gorhami – E. gorkhana – E. grandidieri – E. graphiptera – E. graueri – E. haefligeri – E. harmala – E. harringtoni – E. hatinhensis – E. hedwiga – E. hektea – E. hendecaspilota – E. holmgreni – E. honesta – E. horioni – E. hovana – E. humbloti – E. hybridula – E. ignobilis – E. imitata – E. impicticollis – E. incaorum – E. indosinensis – E. inedita – E. inexspectata – E. innuba – E. inserta – E. intermixta – E. iocosa – E. jarugui – E. jianchuanensis – E. jole – E. julii – E. juvenca – E. kaestneri – E. kivuensis – E. konsoensis – E. korschefskyi – E. kraatzi – E. kraussi – E. kreissli – E. kunmingensis – E. lacordairii – E. laesicollis – E. langpingensis – E. languida – E. laosana – E. lasioides – E. lateripicta – E. latesellata – E. lateumerosa – E. laticollis – E. latimargo – E. latipennis – E. latreillei – E. lenta – E. lepida – E. lesnei – E. lichuaniensis – E. linnaei – E. loculosa – E. longissima – E. lorata – E. lothi – E. loveni – E. lucianae – E. luluaensis – E. lupina – E. lurida – E. luteocincta – E. macquarti – E. maculicollis – E. maculivestis – E. madida – E. madrigali – E. magnomaculata – E. mammifera – E. mandibularis – E. manni – E. margaritifera – E. marginella – E. matei – E. mausmaiensis – E. medvedevi – E. melanocephala – E. meleagris – E. merae – E. merkli – E. mermoides – E. mexicana – E. microgenitalia – E. minuta – E. mirabilis – E. mirifica – E. misella – E. modesta – E. moesta – E. monandrum – E. monsuna – E. montana – E. moorii – E. morbida – E. morbidoides – E. morogoroensis – E. mushana – E. mutabilis – E. nantai – E. napoensis – E. narinoi – E. nevilli – E. ngheanensis – E. nigeriana – E. nigripes – E. nigritarsis – E. nigrocincta – E. nigromarginata – E. nigrotincta – E. nigrovittata – E. nonveilleri – E. novemdecimguttata – E. novenaria – E. nudiuscula – E. nylanderi – E. oberthueri – E. obliqua – E. obscurella – E. obscuritarsis – E. obtusiforma – E. occidentalis – E. ocellataemaculata – E. ocreata – E. octodecimsignata – E. octomaculata – E. octoverrucata – E. olivacea – E. olmosi – E. orthofasciata – E. ostensa – E. ostensoides – E. ovaloides – E. oviforma – E. pachiteensis – E. paenulata – E. paling – E. paradoxa – E. paraglobiera – E. parastriata – E. parvicollis – E. pastica – E. patula – E. pava – E. pellita – E. peltata – E. pembertoni – E. pemptea – E. perlata – E. persimilis – E. pertyi – E. peruviana – E. picta – E. picticollis – E. pictipennis – E. pierreti – E. pingbianensis – E. plagiata – E. planimarginata – E. pocohantae – E. pondoensis – E. praecipua – E. pretiosa – E. probsti – E. propinqua – E. pseudograpta – E. pseudokraatzi – E. pseudolepida – E. pseudorealis – E. pseudospilota – E. pseudostriata – E. pseudotumida – E. punctatissima – E. pusilla – E. quadriguttula – E. quadripunctata – E. quangbinhensis – E. quatuordecimpunctata – E. quichauensis – E. quindecimpunctata – E. quirozensis – E. radiata – E. rauli – E. reichei – E. renati – E. reticulipennis – E. riveti – E. rubiacis – E. rubida – E. rubricollis – E. rufolonga – E. rufonotata – E. ryszardi – E. sahlbergi – E. sauteri – E. schawalleri – E. schoenherri – E. schoutedeni – E. schunkei – E. sellata – E. septemnotata – E. septemocellata – E. septentrionalis – E. seria – E. severini – E. sexguttata – E. sexlineata – E. sexmaculata – E. sexpunctata – E. sexpustulata – E. shilliensis – E. shimbaensis – E. sichuana – E. signifera – E. simia – E. similbengalica – E. simulans – E. simulatrix – E. sinuata – E. siphonechinulata – E. siphopocula – E. smithi – E. soachae – E. soarezica – E. sociolamina – E. soluta – E. spinolae – E. spiraloides – E. spreta – E. staudingeri – E. stolata – E. stragulata – E. strasseni – E. strictanotata – E. striola – E. struwei – E. subclathrata – E. sureilica – E. suspiciosa – E. suturoguttata – E. suturomaculata – E. sztolcmani – E. taeniola – E. tanalensis – E. tenebricosa – E. tenella – E. tenelloides – E. tenuepicta – E. tetartea – E. tetrastigma – E. tianpingiensis – E. tibialis – E. togoensis – E. topali – E. transverselineata – E. tredecimnotata – E. tricolor – E. tridecimmaculosa – E. tridivisa – E. trifaria – E. tripupillata – E. tristis – E. tritea – E. trochula – E. tshibindaensis – E. tumida – E. uhligi – E. umerata – E. undulata – E. urundiensis – E. vagula – E. vanpatteni – E. varipes – – E. velata – E. velutina – E. venterita – E. vermiculata – E. vigintiduomaculata – E. vigintiduopunctata – E. vigintipunctata – E. villica – E. vincta – E. viridilineata – E. viridinitens – E. vittigera – E. v-pallidum – E. vulcanica – E. vulnerata – E. vulpecula – E. walteri – E. weisei – E. werneri – E. witteiana – E. woytkowskii – E. zetterstedtii – E. zeylanica – E. zischkai – E. zuluensis – E. zumptiE. varivestis

Name

Epilachna Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 436

Type species: Coccinella borealis Fabricius, 1775 (by subsequent designation of Hope 1840).

Gender: feminine
References
Primary references

Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1836. [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Bustamante, A., Oróz, A.J., Elme, A., Marquina, E. & Yábar, E. 2018. Description of two new species and new records of the genus Epilachna Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Peru. Revista Peruana de Biologia 25(1): 003-010. DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v25i1.13813. Open access. Reference page.
Kobayashi, N. et al. 2011: Molecular population genetics of a host-associated sibling species complex of phytophagous ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachninae). Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 49(1): 16–24. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00581.x
Li, C.S. 1993: Review of the Australian Epilachninae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 32: 209–224. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1993.tb00577.x
Li, C.S.; Cook, E.F. 1961: The Epilachninae of Taiwan (Col.: Coccinellidae). Pacific insects, 3(1): 31–91. PDF
Pang, H., Ślipiński, A., Wu, Y.P. & Zuo, Y.S. 2012. Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Epilachna Chevrolat with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini). Zootaxa 3420: 1–37. Preview. Paywall. Reference page.
Peng, Z.-Q. ; Pang, H. & Pang X.-F., 2001: One new species and two new records of the genus Epilachna Chevrolat from Hainan Island (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 44 (1): 88–91. Abstract: [1].
Szawaryn, K. & Tomaszewska, W., 2013. Two new genera of Epilachnini Mulsant from New Guinea and Aru Islands (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of Natural History 47(37-38): 2427-2457. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.763067 Reference page.
Wang, H.; Cao, C-y. 1993: Studies on the systematic position and generic relationships of the tribe Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Yunnan. Zoological research, 14: 118–127. ISSN: 0254-5853 [in Chinese, with English summary]
Zeng, T.; Yang, L. 1996: Five new [species] of genus Epilachna (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Guangxi, China. . Entomotaxonomia, 18(3): 193–200.
Yi, C.-H.; He, Q.-j.; Xiao, N.-N. 2013: Two new species of Epilachna Dejean (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from China. Oriental insects 47(2-3): 111-115. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2013.807559 Reference page.
Jadwiszczak, A.S. & Węgrzynowicz, P., 2003. World Catalogue of Coccinellidae. Part I - Epilachninae. 264pp. Mantis, Olsztyn. Full text Reference page.
Tomaszewska, W. & Szawaryn, K. 2016. Epilachnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)—A Revision of the World Genera. Journal of Insect Science 16(1): 101, 1–91. DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iew082. Open access. Reference page.

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Epilachna is a genus of beetle in the family Coccinellidae, including several pest species, such as the Mexican Bean Beetle (Epilachna varivestis).[1]
Species

These species belong to the genus Epilachna:

Epilachna angusta Li, 1961 g
Epilachna bifibra Li, 1961 g
Epilachna borealis (Fabricius, 1775) i c g b (squash lady beetle)
Epilachna brachyfoliata Zeng & Yang, 1996 g
Epilachna canina (Fabricius, 1775)
Epilachna chingjing Yu & Wang, 1999 g
Epilachna chingsingli Yu, 2011 g
Epilachna confusa Li, C.S., E.E. & Cook, 1961 g
Epilachna crassimala Li, 1961 g
Epilachna decemguttata (Weise, 1923) g
Epilachna defecta Mulsant, 1850
Epilachna dictyodroma Zeng, 2000 g
Epilachna donghoiensis Hoang, 1978 g
Epilachna dregei Mulsant, 1850 - Potato Ladybird
Epilachna dumerili Mulsant
Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850
Epilachna eusema (Weise, 1904)
Epilachna fugongensis Cao & Xiao, 1984 g
Epilachna galerucinoides Korschefsky, 1934 g
Epilachna glochisifoliata Pang & Mao, 1979 g
Epilachna gressitti Li, C.S., E.E. & Cook, 1961 g
Epilachna hendecaspilota (Mader, 1927) g
Epilachna incauta Mulsant, 1850 g
Epilachna karisimbica Weise
Epilachna lata Li, C.S., E.E. & Cook, 1961 g
Epilachna longissima (Dieke, 1947) g
Epilachna maculicollis (Sicard, 1912) g
Epilachna magna Dieke, 1947 g
Epilachna marginella (Fabricius, 1775)
Epilachna marginicollis (Hope)
Epilachna max Pang & Slipinski, 2012 g
Epilachna media Li, C.S., E.E. & Cook, 1961 g
Epilachna mexicana (Guérin-Méneville)
Epilachna microgenitalia Li, 1961 g
Epilachna mobilitertiae Li, 1961 g
Epilachna mushana Li, C.S., E.E. & Cook, 1961 g
Epilachna mystica Mulsant
Epilachna ocellataemaculata (Mader, 1930) g
Epilachna paenulata (Germar)
Epilachna paling Yu, 2001 g
Epilachna paralobiera Peng, Pang & Pang, 2001 g
Epilachna quadricollis (Dieke, 1947) g
Epilachna sauteri (Weise, 1923) g
Epilachna sociolamina Li, C.S., E.E. & Cook, 1961 g
Epilachna tredecimnotata (Latreille, 1833) i c g b (southern squash lady beetle)
Epilachna undecimvariolata (Boisduval)
Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, 1850 i c g b (Mexican bean beetle)
Epilachna velutina (Olivier, 1808) g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]
References

Sanchez-Arroyo, H. (1997). "Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant. Featured Creatures. EENY-15". Retrieved April 12, 2016.
"Epilachna Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Browse Epilachna". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Epilachna". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
"Epilachna Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.