Exochomus octosignatus (Gebler, 1830)

Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Li, Wenjing, Nicolas, Vincent, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Hesami, Shahram, 2017, Review of the tribe Chilocorini Mulsant from Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 712, pp. 43-68 : 50

Exochomus octosignatus (Gebler, 1830) Figs 5, 37-39

Coccinella octosignata Gebler, 1830: 225.

Coccinella deserta Motschulsky, 1840: 175.

Coccinella desertorum Gebler, 1841: 376.

Brumus lasioides Weise, 1879: 135.

Brumus conjunctus Fleischer, 1900: 118.

General distribution.

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, France, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan ( Kovář 2007).

Distribution in Iran.

Khameshorkn region ( Duverger 1983), Khorasan ( Moodi and Mossadegh 1995, Yaghmaei and Kharrazi Pakdel 1995), Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari ( Bagheri and Mossadegh 1996), East Azerbaijan, Gilan, Isfahan, Kerman, Qom, Tehran, Sistan and Baluchestan ( Moddarres-Awal 2012).

Ecology.

This species feeds on the mealybugs Phenacoccus aceris and Planococcus citri ( Pseudococcidae ) ( Moddarres-Awal 2012).