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Calvia tricolor
Calvia tricolor is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in India (Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal).
From the article Calvia tricolor on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.5–6.5 mm (0.22–0.26 in). The head is yellow and the pronotum is chestnut brown with yellow lateral margins. The elytra are dark chestnut brown, each elytron with three creamy white to yellow spots.
In human culture
They have been recorded preying on eggs of Urostylis punctigera.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life history”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1714736.