title: Eriopis connexa
text: # Eriopis connexa
  
  Eriopis connexa is a widespread species of ladybird beetle in South America.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Eriopis connexa is one of the most widespread ladybird beetle of South America.
  
  They may be found in Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Chaco, Chubut, Entre Ríos, Formosa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro), Brasil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Ecuador (Guayas), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Caazapá, Central, Kanindeyu, Paraguarí, Pte. Hayes, San Pedro), Perú (Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cusco, Lima), Uruguay (Florida, Maldonado, Montevideo, San José), Venezuela.
  
  ## Description
  
  Eriopis connexa has an oblong body shape. The base color dark brown to black with yellowish relatively large, separated dots. The pronotum and the elytra (wing covers) have a yellowish margin. Each elytron has three separated dots and the enlargements of the margin, the pronotum two smaller dots and two enlargements of the margin.
  
  Eriopis connexa is a voracious predator of aphids.
  
  