Record of the invasive alien ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Kenya
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The biological control agent and alien invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) was recorded for the first time in Kenya, and in equatorial Africa, in 2010.
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