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Morphology

The red elytra often show three black spots which can be more numerous or fused.
Pronotum can have a distinct white edging at the base on the anterior and lateral margins and sometimes two white spots.

Diet

It is a large species which eats aphids avidly:

• Aphis fabae
• Mysus persicae
• Hyalopterus pruni
• Acyrtosiphon pisum

It can also draw on other food sources: Coccoidea, nectar, pollen or honeydew.

Habitat

The species is found at low to shrubby levels of vegetation. It is multivoltine and can be seen in thermophile environments from March to October.

• Perilitus coccinellae