Microweisea misella is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] Darkly colored and very small at about 1 to 1.5mm in length, it occurs throughout southern Canada and much of the United States. It preys on Diaspididae scale insects on blueberry and other shrubs and trees.[4]
| Microweisea misella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Microweisea |
| Species: | M. misella
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| Binomial name | |
| Microweisea misella (LeConte, 1878)
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References
edit- ^ "Microweisea misella Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Microweisea misella". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Microweisea misella species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 311. ISBN 9780691133041.
Further reading
edit- Belicek, Joseph (1976). "Coccinellidae of western Canada and Alaska with analyses of the transmontane zoogeographic relationships between the fauna of British Columbia and Alberta (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 12: 283–409. ISSN 0033-5037.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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