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Pentilia chelsea Gordon, González, and Hanley, 2019

Mariquita, Ladybird Beetle

Elytra are black with two elongated oval yellow spots and yellow lateral edges.

This species was found in permanent crops of coffee and guava.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Cucujoidea

Family
Coccinellidae

Section
Pentiliini

Genus
Pentilia

Species
chelsea

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: San Cristobal, Santa Cruz.

References

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

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pentilia chelsea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25465. Accessed 7 June 2026.