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title: "22-spot Ladybird"
description: "Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata — Insetti e ragni. Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (often abbreviated to Psyllobora 22-punctata), the 22-spot ladybird, (earlier known as Thea vigintiduopunctata) is a common, 3–5 mm long ladybird native to Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/22-spot-ladybird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# 22-spot Ladybird

> Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata — Insetti e ragni. Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (often abbreviated to Psyllobora 22-punctata), the 22-spot ladybird, (earlier known as Thea vigintiduopunctata) is a common, 3–5 mm long ladybird native to Europe.

- Scientific name: *Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 32998
- Wikidata: [Q243794](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243794)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51660](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51660)

## Names

- en: 22-spot Ladybird
- de: Zweiundzwanzigpunkt-Marienkäfer
- es: Mariquita de veintidós puntos
- fr: Coccinelle à vingt-deux points
- nl: Citroenlieveheersbeestje
- pl: Biedronka mączniakówka

## Countries with the most observations

DE (4697), GB (3978), FR (3610), RU (3552), DK (1812), AT (1783), IT (1338), FI (1150), PL (1133), ES (1085), NL (1020), UA (843)

## Summary

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (often abbreviated to Psyllobora 22-punctata), the 22-spot ladybird, (earlier known as Thea vigintiduopunctata) is a common, 3–5 mm long ladybird native to Europe. This species was originally discovered in Germany in 1874 on the leaves of Astragalus, consuming the hyphae of Erysiphe holosericea. The elytra are yellow in colour with 22 black spots. The pronotum is yellow or white with 5 black spots. 
This is the only ladybird species in Britain and Ireland where the three life stages have very similar coloring and pattern; the pupa and larva look similar to the adult form, making them…

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

## Photo

![22-spot Ladybird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/22-spot-ladybird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280161965

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/22-spot-ladybird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).