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 Coccinella luteopicta (Mulsant) ( Figs 50 , 51 ) Adalia luteopicta Mulsant, 1866: 45 ( Type locality: “Les régions boréales des Indes-Orientales”). Adalia luteopicta : Korschefsky 1932: 433 . Lioadalia luteopicta : Crotch 1874: 104 ; Mader 1930: 134 ; Kapur 1958: 326 ; 1963: 32; Miyatake 1967: 74 . Coccinella luteopicta : Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 395 ; Poorani 2002a: 325 ; Ren et al . 2009: 186 ; Yu 2010: 115–116 . Diagnosis . Length: 4.75–5.35 mm ; width: 3.48–4.00 mm. Form ( Fig. 50a , 51h ) elongate, almost oblong oval, moderately convex. Head black, with two pale yellow frontal spots adjoining inner margin of eyes. Pronotum black except anterolateral corners yellow. Elytra bright red, with a characteristic reticulate black pattern. Ventral side black, except elytral epipleura reddish or yellowish brown. Male genitalia ( Fig. 50d, e ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 50c ) as illustrated. Immature stages. Life stages as illustrated in Fig. 51 . Distribution . India ( Arunachal Pradesh , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim , Uttar Pradesh , Uttarkhand, West Bengal , northern region); Bhutan ; Nepal ; Tibet; China . Prey/associated habitat. Predatory on Aphidoidea s.l. including adelgids. Known hosts include Adelges spp. , Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Davis) (laboratory host). Feeds on indeterminate aphids attacking Artemisia sp. which is common in the mountains of Sikkim ( 2500–3000 m ) ( Nagarkatti & Ghani 1972 ). Commonly associated with adelgids on spruce, silver fir, hemlock, Abies / Quercus / Rhododendron forests. As a rule, it is found very high in the mountains (Bielawski 1979). Collected on apple and radish ( Sharma et al. 2017 ). Seasonal occurrence. Active during May–June. Collected during April–May, August–November (northern and northeastern regions of India , Nepal Himalayas). Natural enemy. Bathymermis sp. Notes. Nagarkatti & Ghani (1972) studied its biology in detail and described the life stages with illustrations. Kapur (1958) recorded the elytral pattern variations from Nepal . Miyatake (1967) and Bielawski (1971) described and illustrated the male genitalia. Yu (2010) recorded it from China .