Kingdom Animalia Family Scutelleridae Phylum Arthropoda Order True bugs | Class Insecta Genus Steganocerus Rank Species | |
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Similar True bugs, Chiridopsis, Tectocoris, Sphaerocoris, Scutelleridae | ||
Steganocerus multipunctatus Thunberg 1783, or Ladybird Bug is a Sub-Saharan African member of the Hemiptera with a strong resemblance to a Ladybird. It is normally black with bright orange spots, but is quite variable in colour and may be brown without spots. It shares Müllerian mimicry with the Tortoise beetle Chiridopsis suffriani, and a spider Paraplectana thorntoni.
S. multipunctatus is one of the Rhynchota whose presence has been recorded on a wide range of indigenous plants and cultivated crops such as cotton.
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