The story
From Vedalia, the genus in which this species was once classified.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
vedalia
Today it means: Novius cardinalis (syns. Rodolia cardinalis, Vedalia cardinalis), a ladybird beetle endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus. Full definition →