Halmus coelestris
Species of beetle
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Halmus coelestris is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae and the genus Halmus. It is widely distributed Australia and New Guinea.[1] Its main food source is a variety of small insects including but not limited to scale insects, psyllids, whitefly and free living gall mites (Eriophyoidea).
| Halmus coelestris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Halmus |
| Species: | H. coelestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Halmus coelestris (Blackburn, 1891) | |
