Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pentilia bernadette
Mariquita, Ladybird Beetle
Elytra are blackish brown with a narrow yellow lateral edge.
This species was found in permanent crops of coffee and guava.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Cucujoidea
Family
Coccinellidae
Section
Pentiliini
Genus
Pentilia
Species
bernadette
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
- Peñaherrera-Romero, E. Guerrero-Campoverde, A., Rueda-Rodríguez, M.P., Dávila-Játiva, M., Die-Morejón, D., Domínguez-Trujillo, M., Guerrero-Molina, T.,Vélez-Darquea, E., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F (2024) Ladybird Beetle Diversity in Natural and Human-Modified Habitats in the San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Insects, 15, 725. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090725
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Pentilia bernadette", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25464. Accessed 5 November 2026.