An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini Author POORANI, J. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-18 5332 1 1 307 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 journal article 264199 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1 66e0ec51-d494-43d4-965e-a2cd1462ef54 1175-5326 8261502 424F7439-4095-46A5-93E3-C4130E3B6D9A Heteroneda billardieri Crotch ( Fig. 104 ) Coccinella reticulata Fabricius, 1801: 362 (preoccupied) ( Type locality: Luzon).— Mulsant 1850: 301 ; 1866: 213 (as Daulis ). Heteroneda reticulata : Crotch 1874: 162 ; Korschefsky 1932: 281 . Heteroneda billardieri Crotch, 1871: 6 ; 1874: 162.— Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 538 ; Poorani 2002a: 332 . Diagnosis. Length: 7.00 mm. Form broad oval to almost circular, dorsum convex and glabrous. Ground colour bright lemon yellow, pronotum with a narrow median black stripe connected to a transverse black marking on posterior margin, elytra with a characteristic yellow and black reticulate pattern comprising five areolae on each elytron ( Fig. 104a–d ). Genitalia not studied. Distribution. India (northeastern region); Myanmar ; Indonesia ; China . Ślipiński et al . (2020) mentioned its distribution range “extends from India , Singapore and Myanmar to Indonesia and the Philippines ”. Though I have never examined any specimens from Indian mainland, it is presumed to be present in the northeastern region of India bordering Myanmar and China . Biology. A generalist aphid feeder ( Ślipiński et al . 2020 ); recorded as feeding on mango leafhopper ( Idioscopus clypealis (Lethierry)) and subabul psyllid ( Heteropsylla cubana Crawford ) in Malaysia and the Philippines (Barcos et al. 2014).