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Hyperaspis uteana

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ14930576 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hyperaspis uteana is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Utah.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.40 mm (males) and 2.60 mm (females). The pronotum of the males has a lateral yellow area and there is a yellow vitta on the apical margin. The elytron is black with a large orange spot. The pronotum of the females does not have the anterior yellow vitta and the elytron has an apical yellow spot.

Etymology

The species name refers to the state in which the type series was collected.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hyperaspis uteana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.