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title: "Hadda Beetle"
description: "Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata — Insetos e aranhas. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/hadda-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hadda Beetle

> Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata — Insetos e aranhas. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is  a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae.

- Scientific name: *Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8155
- Wikidata: [Q3022094](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3022094)
- iNaturalist taxon: [354799](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/354799)

## Names

- en: Hadda Beetle
- es: Vaquita de veintiocho puntos

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2979), BR (711), AR (487), HK (470), NZ (430), JP (217), ID (216), IN (107), TW (82), CN (38), NC (20), VU (18)

## Summary

Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is  a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is commonly known as the 28-spotted potato ladybird or the Hadda beetle. It feeds on the foliage of potatoes and other solanaceous crops. It was previously called Epilachna vigintioctopunctata and is a cryptic species complex. It is very often confused with a closely related species, Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata, which occurs in Russia, China, Japan, and Korea, and is given the same "common name".

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

## Photo

![Hadda Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hadda-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jake B · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264470917

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hadda-beetle?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).