Steganocerus multipunctatus

Steganocerus multipunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Scutelleridae
Genus:	Steganocerus
Species:	S. multipunctatus
Binomial name
Steganocerus multipunctatus Thunberg, 1783
Synonyms
Cimex argus Fabricius 1787 Cimex rusticus Fabricius 1787 Cimex multipunctatus Thunberg 1788 [1] Sphaerocoris adspersus Stål 1853 Sphaerocoris hamiferus Stål 1853 Sphaerocoris impluviatus Germar 1839 Sphaerocoris quadrinotata Westwood 1837 Sphaerocoris simplex Herrich-Schäffer 1836 Sphaerocoris simulans Stål 1858 Steganocerus machadoi Leston 1954

Steganocerus multipunctatus, the ladybird bug, is a Sub-Saharan African member of the Hemiptera with a strong resemblance to a ladybird. It is normally black with bright orange spots, but is quite variable in colour and may be brown without spots. It shares Müllerian mimicry with the Tortoise beetle Chiridopsis suffriani,^[2] and a spider Paraplectana thorntoni.^[3][4]

S. multipunctatus is one of the Rhynchota whose presence has been recorded on a wide range of indigenous plants and cultivated crops such as cotton.^[5]