Harmonia dimidiata (Fabricius, 1781)

Ali, Muhammad, Ahmed, Khalil, Ali, Shaukat, Raza, Ghulam, Hussain, Ishtiaq, Nafees, Maisoor Ahmed & Anjum, Syed Ishtiaq, 2018, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 803, pp. 93-120 : 93

Harmonia dimidiata (Fabricius, 1781) Fig. 9

General distribution.

India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Japan, Taiwan, introduced into North America (Poorani 2002).

Distribution in Sindh.

Hyderabad and Karachi (Ali 2013).

Host plants and prey species in Sindh.

Aphis craccivora Koch, A. gossypii Glover, Brevicoryne brassicae (L), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach), Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Hyadaphis coriandri (Das), Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas), Ropalosiphum maidis (Fitch), Therioaphis trifolii Monell, Macrosiphum granarium (Kirby), Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) ( Aphididae : Homoptera), Amritodus atkinsoni Leth, Idioscopus nagpurensis Pruthi ( Cicadellidae : Homoptera); Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) ( Aleyrodidae : Homoptera), Tetranychus atlanticus Mog ( Acarina: Tetranychidae ), Adelges spp. ( Adelgidae : Homoptera) on mustard, lucern, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, turnip, bottle gourd, eggplant, okra, wheat, cotton, and rose plants (Ali 2013).