Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Heather Ladybird)

Interactions where Chilocorus bipustulatus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		prepupa is endoparasitoid host of larva			Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly	Diptera: Phoridae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus bipustulatus/	Chilocorus bipustulatus	heather ladybird				prepupa				larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa
		pupa (newly formed) is endoparasitoid host of larva			Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly	Diptera: Phoridae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus bipustulatus/	Chilocorus bipustulatus	heather ladybird				pupa (newly formed)				larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)
		larva is endoparasitoid host of gregarious larva			Homalotylus eytelweinii	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Encyrtidae/Homalotylus eytelweinii/	Homalotylus eytelweinii	a chalcid wasp		gregarious		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus bipustulatus/	Chilocorus bipustulatus	heather ladybird				larva				gregarious larva is endoparasitoid of larva
		larva is endoparasitoid host of gregarious (ave. 6) larva			Tetrastichus coccinellae	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Eulophidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eulophidae/Tetrastichus coccinellae/	Tetrastichus coccinellae	a chalcid wasp		gregarious (ave. 6)		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus bipustulatus/	Chilocorus bipustulatus	heather ladybird				larva				gregarious (ave. 6) larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & Year	Title	Source
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	Ladybirds	Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird)
Genus	Chilocorus (a genus of ladybirds)
Family	COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
Superfamily	CUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chilocorus bipustulatus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird)

Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird):

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Chilocorus bipustulatus (Heather Ladybird)

A scale-insect feeding ladybird found mainly on heathland.

Has recently (2006) also turned up on Leylandii cypress. (Hodge, P., pers comm.)

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