Scymnus auritus
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| Scymnus auritus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Scymnus |
| Species: | S. auritus |
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| Scymnus auritus | |
Scymnus auritus is a species of beetle in family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[2] It is a tiny (2mm. -2.5 2mm.) black ladybird associated with Quercus robur woodland.
In Central Europe it is a mainly found in deciduous forests, groves, and light forests. In spring, the beetles were found on flowering Prunus padus and Crataegus monogyna and later, on oaks and Tilia × europaea[3] The insects feed on aphids on oaks, less frequently on other trees.[4][5] S. auritus was also reported as a predator of mites occurring on the underside of oak leaves; it also feeds on Phylloxeridae[6]