Brachiacantha indubitabilis
Brachiacantha indubitabilis is a small species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It lives in North America, with records from Massachusetts and New York to North Carolina and west to Iowa and Illinois.
Adults are about 2.5–3.2 mm long.
Male head color is yellow; female heads are yellowish brown. The male’s pronotum is black with the front third yellow, while the female’s pronotum has the lateral quarter yellow. The elytra are black with three yellow spots.
Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Infraorder: Cucujiformia
- Family: Coccinellidae
- Genus: Brachiacantha
- Species: B. indubitabilis
- Binomial name: Brachiacantha indubitabilis (Crotch, 1873)
Synonyms
- Hyperaspis triplicans Casey, 1924
- Hyperaspis triplicans microsticta Casey, 1924
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 09:19 (CET).