SPECIES COMPOSITION OF COCCINELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE) IN CHOCHETS URBAN VILLAGE EDGE, CHUHUIV DISTRICT, KHARKIV REGION

Abstract

During the field research conducted in 2018-2020, the species composition of coccinellidae in the selected area was determined. We had conducted a comparative analysis of accounting for quantitative and taxonomic composition over the years of the study. We had studied the biology and ecology of each species, including the trophic relationships of each species. The main food groups of coccinellidae had been identified depending on the food objects, biotope distribution, and their main ecological groups had been identified.The analysis of accounting tables showed that in the Kochetok village there is a great variety of species quite common to the Kharkiv region. In the entomofauna of the Kharkiv suburbs were detected 15 species of coccinellidae beetles which belong to 11 genera. Of the 15 species of coccinellidae, it was found that Coccinella septempunctata L. and Harmonia axyridis Pall. are dominants, and Adalia bipunctata L. and Hippodamia tredecimpunctata L. are subdominants. We had been studied the ecological and biological features of each identified species, including trophic relationships.We had given the economic assessment of the coccinellidae, marked the species promising for the control of plant pests, and developed the recommendations on the protection of local coccinellidae species and the methods of increasing their number and efficiency.