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Genus: Psyllobora
(Fungus feeding ladybirds)
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda
> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera (beetles)
> Polyphaga > Superfamily: Cucujoidea > Family:
Coccinellidae (ladybirds) > Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Members of this genus feed on fungus and in the case of Psyllobora variegata, it
feeds mainly on downy mildew on grape vines.
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Psyllobora
variegata adult on grape vine. [image H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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Psyllobora variegata larva. [image H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Psyllobora variegata pupa. [image H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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