Global InformationChilocorus cacti information
| Chilocorus cacti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Chilocorus |
| Species: | C. cacti
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilocorus cacti (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Chilocorus cacti, known generally as the cactus lady beetle or the twice-stabbed cactus lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae.[1][2][3][4] It is native to the Caribbean region, North America, Central America, and South America.[1] The adults and larvae feed on scale insects and attempts have been made to use it for biological pest control.
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