Influence of Elytral Color Pattern, Size, and Sex of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) on Parasite Prevalence and Intensity of Hesperomyces virescens (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales).

Although spot area had no significant effect on intensity of parasitism, we noticed a marginally significant trend for male beetles with higher spot percentages presenting higher numbers of thalli ( p = 0.0513, Table 2 ).

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Elytral color patterns had an effect on neither prevalence nor intensity of infection by Laboulbeniales in our dataset, although we found a slight trend to higher intensity of parasitism in more melanic males.

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