Campylomma verbasci
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Campylomma verbasci is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 2.8 to 3.2 millimeters long. The species of the genus Campylomma are relatively small and have a pale basic color. They have a characteristically short second antennae that is the same length as or shorter than the width of the head. The spurs of the splints ( tibia ) arise from black points. The first antennae of Campylomma verbasci has a black ring. The species is similar to Plagiognathus chyrsanthemi .
Occurrence and habitat
The species is found in almost all of Europe and is only absent in the far north. In the south, the distribution extends to North Africa, in the east over the Middle East and Central Asia to China. It was introduced into North America by humans. It is widespread in Germany and Austria and occurs frequently in places.
The individuals of the early generation colonized mainly the herb layer, the autumn generation can be found mainly on woody plants.
Way of life
The bugs live on various herbaceous plants and deciduous trees, including mullein ( Verbascum ) and various cultivated plants such as potatoes and especially on woody rose plants (Rosaceae), where they regularly appear as pests. However, since they feed on zoophytophagus, they are useful in fruit growing to control spider mites , leaf fleas , scale and whiteflies as well as cicadas , where they often suckle on the eggs. In some cases, not only do the adult bedbugs live predatory, but also the nymphs , which even need the zoophage diet for their development. They also suckle on nectar and pollen from their host plants.
Adults appear from the end of May to the beginning of October, with two, in favorable years even three generations being trained. The adults rarely overwinter, usually the eggs, which the females pierce deeply into the tissue of the young shoots of the host plants.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (lichen bugs), Miridae (soft bugs) (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 75th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2 , p. 217 f .
- ^ Campylomma verbasci. British Bugs, accessed January 2, 2015 .
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (lichen bugs), Miridae (soft bugs) (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 75th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2 .
Web links
- Campylomma verbasci at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 2, 2015
- www.britishbugs.org.uk - photos, description