Apolygus spinolae

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Apolygus spinolae
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Apolygus spinolae depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 4)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Apolygus
Species:
A. spinolae
Binomial name
Apolygus spinolae
(Meyer-Dür, 1843)

Apolygus spinolae is a species of true bug in the Miridae family. It can be found throughout Europe, except for Albania, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Portugal.[1] and not in the extreme south. Then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, and through Central Asia to China and Japan

Description

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Adults length is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). The species are coloured black on the bottom and green on top, with a brownish back.

Ecology

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They feed on plants of various kinds, including bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), bramble (Rubus), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), and nettle (Urtica). The species are active June–September.[2]

References

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