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Axion plagiatum · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Coccinellidae
Adults are about the same size as Axion tripustulatum but lack a sutural spot on the elytra. It is found in the Caribbean and across North America, from Louisiana to Oregon and southern California.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Adults resemble Axion tripustulatum except they have no sutural spot on the elytron.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults are about the same size as Axion tripustulatum but lack a sutural spot on the elytra.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes the Caribbean and North America, with records from Louisiana west to Oregon and southern California.
Source: Wikipedia
Lookalikes
It can be mistaken for Axion tripustulatum; the key difference is the missing sutural spot on the elytra.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 15 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Colorado.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Coccinellidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axion_plagiatum
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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.