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Coccinella
Coccinella is the most familiar genus of ladybird (or, in North America, ladybug). The elytra of most species are of a red or orange colour, punctuated with black spots or bands. The genus occurs throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but has only 11 species native to North America, with far more in Eurasia.
Harmonia
genus of insects
Adalia
genus of beetles
Scymnus
genus of lady beetles
Hippodamia
genus of insects
Psyllobora
thumb|Psyllobora renifer thumb|P. vigintimaculata, larva
Chilocorus
Chilocorus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Chilocorinae.
Epilachna
thumb|Epilachna abrupta, Panamá thumb|Epilachna aequatorialis, Ecuador thumb|Epilachna angustata, Colombia thumb|Epilachna approximata, Ecuador thumb|Epilachna bituberculata, Colombia thumb|Epilachna borealis, Virginia thumb|Epilachna cacica, Bolivia thumb|Epilachna cinctipennis, Colombia thumb|Epilachna circumcincta, Brasil thumb|Epilachna clandestina, Brasil thumb|Epilachna consularis, Ecuador thumb|Epilachna delessertii, India thumb|Epilachna discincta, México thumb|Epilachna discolor, Perú thumb|Epilachna dorsigera, Perú thumb|Epilachna ecuadorica, Ecuador thumb|Epilachna f
Anatis
Anatis is a genus of ladybird beetles containing the following species: This genus is also referred to as "giant lady beetles."
Exochomus
Exochomus is a genus of beetles in the family Coccinellidae.
Stethorus
Stethorus is a genus of spider mite destroyers in the beetle family Coccinellidae. There are more than 40 described species in Stethorus. thumb|Stethorus punctillum
Anisosticta
Anisosticta is a genus of beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
Rhyzobius
Rhizobius is a genus in the fungi kingdom (see Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables), as well as an obsolete name for the aphid genus Pemphigus.
Oenopia
genus of insects
Myzia
Myzia is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 8 described species in Myzia.
Coleomegilla
Coleomegilla is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least two described species in Coleomegilla. thumb|Coleomegilla maculata
Myrrha
genus of insects
Vibidia
Vibidia is a genus of ladybird beetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae.
Cycloneda
Cycloneda is a genus of spotless lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cycloneda.
Megalocaria
Megalocaria is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least three described species in Megalocaria, found in South and Southeast Asia.
Hyperaspis
genus of insects
Nephus
Nephus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 25 described species in Nephus.
Brachiacantha
Brachiacantha is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 25 described species in Brachiacantha. thumb|Brachiacantha ursina
Zilus
Zilus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.
Sospita
genus of insects
Zagloba
genus of insects
Henosepilachna
Henosepilachna is a genus of beetle in the family Coccinellidae, including several pest species, such as the 28-spotted potato ladybird (which may refer to either Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata, or Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata).
Cynegetis
Cynegetis is a genus of Coccinellidae native to Eurasia. The genus was first established by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1835, and contains only three species.
Microweisea
Microweisea is a genus of minute lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.
Halyzia
Halyzia is a genus in the ladybird family, Coccinellidae. Halyzia is concentrated in European deciduous forests. They can be found in the edges of woodlands or bushes.
Propylea
Propylea is a small genus of lady beetles, including one widespread Old World species that is invasive in North America, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata.
Clitostethus
Clitostethus is a genus of dusky lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.
Illeis
Illeis is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are 12 described species in Illeis, found in south and southeast Asia, and in Oceania. They genus contains some of the few species of Coccinellidae beetles to feed on fungi.
Coccidophilus
Coccidophilus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.
Coccidula
Coccidula is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are five species described in Coccidula. thumb|Coccidula scutellata
Aaages
Aaages is a genus of beetle in the family Coccinellidae (ladybird beetles, or ladybugs). There is only one species in this genus, Aaages prior, which has frequently been misspelled in the subsequent literature.
Tytthaspis
Tytthaspis are a genus of ladybird beetles. They have comb-like structures on their mandibles with which they gather fungal spores. The genus contains two subgenera (Barovskia and Tytthaspis) and the following species:
Selvadius
Selvadius is a genus of amber lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least four described species in Selvadius.
Amida
genus of insects
Axion
genus of insects
Hyperaspidius
Hyperaspidius is a genus in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 described species in Hyperaspidius.
Calvia
genus of insects
Coccinula
Coccinula is a genus of ladybird beetles. It contains the following species:
Nipus
Nipus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least four described species in Nipus.
Delphastus
Delphastus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are more than 20 described species in Delphastus.
Cephaloscymnus
Cephaloscymnus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.
Platynaspis
thumb|Platynaspis luteorubra larva
Diomus
Diomus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 described species in Diomus. thumb|Diomus terminatus
Aiolocaria
Aiolocaria hexaspilota is a beetle species from the lady beetle family (Coccinellidae); adults can be as large as 13mm long. The species’ scientific name was first given in an 1831 publication by Frederick William Hope. Unaware of its previous identification, Victor Motschulsky was later to call the same species as Aiolocaria mirabilis (in 1860). In most cases of such synonymy, according to the Encyclopedia of Life, “the first name takes priority and is considered to be the valid or accepted name.”
Aphidecta
REDIRECT Coccinellini
Novius
genus of insects
Mulsantina
Mulsantina is a genus of ladybugs (family Coccinellidae), found in North and Central America and in the Caribbean (Haiti).
Brumoides
Brumoides is a genus of beetles of the family Coccinellidae. The genus was erected by Edward Albert Chapin in 1965.
Coelophora
Coelophora is a genus of ladybird beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about 14 described species in Coelophora. thumb|Coelophora inaequalis
Helesius
Helesius is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least two described species in Helesius.
Chnootriba
Chnootriba is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae.
Cryptolaemus
The genus Cryptolaemus consists of predatory beetles of the family Coccinellidae, whose larvae and adults mostly prey upon scale insects on ornamental plants.
Nephaspis
Nephaspis is a genus of minute lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae.
Ceratomegilla
Ceratomegilla is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are about eight described species in Ceratomegilla.
Orcus
genus of insects