{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ladybird (beetle) (23780605369).jpg | image2 = Anegleis cardoni.jpg | display_parents = 3 | genus = Anegleis | parent_authority = Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982 | species = cardoni | authority = (Weise, 1900) | synonyms = }}
'''''Anegleis cardoni''''' is a species of lady beetle found in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anegleis cardoni |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/5344 |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=www.cabi.org}}</ref> It is the only species in the genus '''''Anegleis'''''.<ref>{{Catalogue of Life|id=CFDFC|title=''Anegleis'' Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1982|access-date=12 March 2026}}</ref> The species name is after the collector Father Louis Cardon.
==Description== It is a medium-sized lady beetle. Body bright yellow with one black median stripe at the joint of both the elytra.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Omkar |last2=Kumar |first2=Gyanendra |last3=Sahu |first3=Jyotsna |date=September 2011 |title=Monotypic prey-mediated development, survival and life table attributes of a ladybird beetle Anegleis cardoni (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on different aphid species |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-tropical-insect-science/article/abs/monotypic-preymediated-development-survival-and-life-table-attributes-of-a-ladybird-beetle-anegleis-cardoni-coleoptera-coccinellidae-on-different-aphid-species/C1A35759478773E7E5DA018A67E60FC5 |access-date=2021-09-07 |journal=International Journal of Tropical Insect Science |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=162–173 |language=en |doi=10.1017/S1742758411000245|s2cid=87071101 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Biology== It is known to feed on a many species of aphids such as: ''Uroleucon compositae'', ''Rhopalosiphum maidis'', ''Hyadaphis coriandri'', ''Myzus persicae'',<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Omkar |last2=Kumar |first2=Gyanendra |last3=Sahu |first3=Jyotsna |date=September 2011 |title=Monotypic prey-mediated development, survival and life table attributes of a ladybird beetle Anegleis cardoni (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on different aphid species |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-tropical-insect-science/article/abs/monotypic-preymediated-development-survival-and-life-table-attributes-of-a-ladybird-beetle-anegleis-cardoni-coleoptera-coccinellidae-on-different-aphid-species/C1A35759478773E7E5DA018A67E60FC5 |access-date=2021-09-07 |journal=International Journal of Tropical Insect Science |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=162–173 |language=en |doi=10.1017/S1742758411000245|s2cid=87071101 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''Brevicoryne brassicae'', ''Macrosiphum miscanthi'', ''Macrosiphum pisi'', ''Aphis gossypii'',<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Omkar |last2=Kumar |first2=Gyanendra |date=April 2013 |title=Responses of an Aphidophagous Ladybird Beetle, Anegleis Cardoni, to Varying Densities of Aphis gossypii |journal=Journal of Insect Science |volume=13 |issue=24 |page=24 |language=en |doi=10.1673/031.013.2401 |pmc=3735165 |pmid=23901912}}</ref> ''Aphis craccivora'', and ''Lipaphis erysimi''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Omkar |first1=Omkar |last2=Kumar |first2=Gyanendra |last3=Sahu |first3=Jyotsna |date=2009-11-20 |title=Performance of a predatory ladybird beetle, Anegleis cardoni (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on three aphid species |journal=European Journal of Entomology |volume=106 |issue=4 |pages=565–572 |doi=10.14411/eje.2009.071|doi-access=free }}</ref> In addition to aphids, it is also a predator of whiteflies and scale insects.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Omkar |last2=Kumar |first2=Gyanendra |date=April 2013 |title=Responses of an Aphidophagous Ladybird Beetle, Anegleis Cardoni, to Varying Densities of Aphis gossypii |journal=Journal of Insect Science |volume=13 |issue=24 |page=24 |language=en |doi=10.1673/031.013.2401 |pmc=3735165 |pmid=23901912}}</ref>
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Category:Coccinellidae Category:Monotypic beetle genera
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