Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Taxobox | name = "Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Coccinellidae
genus = "Psyllobora"
species = "P. vigintiduopunctata"
binomial = "Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

"Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata" (often abbreviated to "Psyllobora 22-punctata"), the 22-spot ladybird, is a 3–5 mm long ladybird commonly found in Europe cite web |url=http://www.uksafari.com/ladybird22s.htm |title=22-spot ladybird |publisher=UK Safari |date=2006 |author=G. Bradley] . Unlike most other ladybirds which feed on aphids, "P. 22-punctata" eats mildew — especially from umbellifers and low-growing shrubs cite book |title=Collins Field Guide: Insects of Britain and Northern Europe. 3rd edition |author=Michael Chinery |id=ISBN 0-00-219918-1 |year=1993 |publisher=HarperCollins] .

A Finnish name of this beetle, "22-pistepirkko", is the origin of the name of the popular band.

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