Acrosternum millierei

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Acrosternum millierei
Systematics
Family : Stink bugs (Pentatomidae)
Subfamily : Pentatominae
Tribe : Nezarini
Genre : Acrosternum
Subgenus : Acrosternum
Type : Acrosternum millierei
Scientific name
Acrosternum millierei
( Mulsant & Rey , 1866)

Acrosternum (Acrosternum) millierei is a type of bug from the family of stink bugs (Pentatomidae).

features

The light green colored bugs reach a body length of 7-10.5 mm. The feelers are also colored green.

distribution

The species is found around the Mediterranean (holomediterranean), on the Canary Islands, in the Middle East , in Central Asia and in tropical Africa.

Way of life

Acrosternum millierei is a phytophagous type of bug. The bugs can be found on various plants such as Spanish juniper ( Juniperus thurifera ), mastic ( Pistacia lentiscus ), turpentine pistachio ( Pistacia terebinthus ), beach spurge ( Euphorbia paralias ), white ( Morus alba ) or black Mulberry ( Morus nigra ) or on olive trees ( Olea europaea ). In the Middle East (Iran), the species is considered a pest because it causes damage to pistachio trees there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Vincent Derreumaux: Les punaises Pentatomidae vertes de France - Clé photographique simplifiée (PDF, 5.0 MB) quelestcetanimal-lagalerie.com. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Moftah Soliman EL-MEGHRABI: TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON FAMILY PENTATOMIDAE IN LIBYA (PDF 1.3 MB) Benghazi University, Benghazi-Libya. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Acrosternum millierei (Mulsant & Rey 1866) in Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Acrosternum (Acrosternum) millierei . insektoid.info. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ B. Aukema, JP Duffels & M. Báez: A Checklist of the Heteroptera of the Canary Islands (Insecta) (PDF 2.4 MB) Biology Center Linz / Austria. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  6. ^ Fungi or Plant Host Records List by Host Species . North Dakota State University, Fargo. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ MR Mehrnejad: The current status of pistachio pests in Iran (PDF, 129 KB) k BE (ed.). XI GREMPA Seminar on Pistachios and Almonds. Zaragoza: CIHEAM, 2001. p. 315–322 (Cahiers Options Méditerranéennes; n. 56). Retrieved January 7, 2017.

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