Exotic Lady Beetle Survey of Vermont: Hippodamia variegata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Nathaniel Sharp

doi:10.15468/gm58fe

Exotic Lady Beetle Survey of Vermont: Hippodamia variegata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Citation

Sharp N (2021). Exotic Lady Beetle Survey of Vermont: Hippodamia variegata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata. Version 1.1. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gm58fe accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-02-28.

Description

Vermont records of two exotic lady beetle species - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata and Hippodamia variegata - compiled from a multi-state survey coordinated through the USDA APHIS Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program conducted in the northeastern United States in 1993 and a collection of new locality records for P. quatuordecimpunctata in North America published in the Journal of the New York Entomological Society.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

State of Vermont, US

Sampling

see article for details: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/19482#/summary

Method steps

see article for details: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/19482#/summary

Taxonomic Coverages

Two species of lady beetle non-native to Vermont

Hippodamia variegata
common name: Variegated Lady Beetle rank: species
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
common name: Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

State of Vermont, United States

Bibliographic Citations

Ellis, D. R., Prokrym, D. R., & Adams, R. G. (1999). Exotic lady beetle survey in northeastern United States: Hippodamia variegata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Entomological news (USA). 110 (2) 73-84. -
Dysart, Richard J. (1988). The European Lady Beetle Propylea quatuordecimpunctata: New Locality Records for North America (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 96 (1) 119-121. -

Contacts

Nathaniel Sharp
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position: Data Technician
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
VT
US
email: nsharp@vtecostudies.org

Nathaniel Sharp
metadata author
position: Data Technician
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
VT
US
email: nsharp@vtecostudies.org

Nathaniel Sharp
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email: nsharp@vtecostudies.org

Nathaniel Sharp
administrative point of contact
position: Data Technician
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
VT
US
email: nsharp@vtecostudies.org