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Scale-eating ladybird beetle

Rhyzobius lophanthae

1,033Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb37
Mar48
Apr60
May28
Jun37
Jul100
Aug172
Sep173
Oct113
Nov83
Dec64

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England410
2Telford and Wrekin England170
3Essex England168
4Kent England22
5Norfolk England20
6Surrey England19
7Cambridgeshire England13
8Oxfordshire England12
9Lincolnshire England12
10Conwy Wales11
11Cheshire East England10
12East Riding of Yorkshire England5
13Somerset England4
14Nottinghamshire England4
15Doncaster England4
1,015 England15 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,033
Peak month
September
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Rhyzobius lophanthae
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,008
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Rhyzobius
Name with authority
Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892)
Described
1892
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14930915 · GBIF 4990175