“…In Brazil, this coccinelid was detected for the first time in Curitiba, PR, in April 2002, feeding on the aphid Tinocallis kahawaluokalani (Kirkaldy, 1907) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Almeida & Silva, 2002). Since then, H. axyridis has been found in various municipalities, in the states of the Central-West, Southeast and South regions of the country (Milléo et al, 2008;Martins et al, 2009;Bernardi et al, 2010;Koch et al, 2011). More recently, it was recorded in other South American countries including Chile (Grez et al, 2010), Uruguay (Nedved & Krejèik, 2010), Colombia (Amat-García et al, 2011), Peru (Iannacone & Perla, 2011) and Ecuador (González & Kondo, 2012).…”