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title: "Fungus-eating ladybird"
description: "Illeis galbula — Insects & spiders. Illeis galbula, the fungus-eating ladybird, is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fungus-eating-ladybird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fungus-eating ladybird

> Illeis galbula — Insects & spiders. Illeis galbula, the fungus-eating ladybird, is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae.

- Scientific name: *Illeis galbula*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8584
- Wikidata: [Q3009542](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3009542)
- iNaturalist taxon: [207648](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207648)

## Names

- en: Fungus-eating ladybird
- es: Catarina de Comedora de Hongos

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7381), NZ (1039), NC (12), PG (5)

## Summary

Illeis galbula, the fungus-eating ladybird, is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeis_galbula

## Photo

![Fungus-eating ladybird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fungus-eating-ladybird/medium.jpg)

Photo: bettong-whisperer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148480748

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fungus-eating-ladybird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).