Tytthaspis Explained

Tytthaspis are a genus of ladybird beetles. They have comb-like structures on their mandibles with which they gather fungal spores.^[1] The genus contains two subgenera (Barovskia and Tytthaspis) and the following species:

• Tytthaspis gebleri (=Tytthaspis lineola)
• Tytthaspis phalerata
• Tytthaspis sedecimguttata
• Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (=Tytthaspis 16-punctata)
• Tytthaspis 19-guttata
• Tytthaspis trilineata (see Coccinella nigrovittata)
• Tytthaspis univittata (see Pseudoverania univittata)

Notes and References

1. A.F.G.Dixon. Insect Predator-Prey Dynamics: Ladybird Beetles and Biological Control.Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005