A variant or related genus of small ladybugs, similar to Coccinella but used in some regional classifications.
From Italian 'coccinella' (ladybug), a diminutive form of 'coccina' or regional variation of the genus name.
Scientific names sometimes have multiple acceptable spellings, and coccionella represents how different naturalists in different countries might have named similar species independently before modern taxonomy unified them.
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