24-spot Ladybird

Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata; 24-spot Ladybird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Coccinellidae
Subfamily:	Epilachninae
Genus:	Subcoccinella
Species:	S. vigintiquatuorpunctata
Binomial name
	Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Coccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata; Coccinella vigintiquinquepunctata; Subcoccinella 24-punctata; Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata

The 24-spot Ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata) is a beetle in the Coccinellidae (ladybird) family. It is the only member of the Subcoccinella genus. It has the typical, almost semi-spherical, ladybird shape and is patterned with spots. However it differs from many of the well-known ladybirds in being neither smooth and shiny nor an eater of aphids: the wing-cases look velvety and it eats plants.