Phytocoris tiliae

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Phytocoris tiliae
Phytocoris tiliae

Phytocoris tiliae

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily : Mirinae
Tribe : Mirini
Genre : Phytocoris
Type : Phytocoris tiliae
Scientific name
Phytocoris tiliae
( Fabricius , 1777)

Phytocoris tiliae is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).

features

The bugs are 6.0 to 6.9 millimeters long. The species of the genus Phytocoris can be recognized by their long thighs ( femora ) of the hind legs and the long first antennae . Only Miridius quadrivirgatus also has these characteristics. Phytocoris tiliae has a silver-gray to lime-green basic color. The bug species has a conspicuously grayish green pattern and has a characteristic black pattern on the hemielytras . The black color on the pronotum is on the sides and often also on the back. However, it is always clearly delimited. Both the males and the females are fully winged (macropter).

Occurrence and habitat

The species is distributed almost all over Europe and is only absent in the far north. It is also found in western North Africa. The distribution extends in the east to the Caucasus. It was introduced into North America by humans. It is widespread and common in Central Europe.

Way of life

The bugs live on deciduous trees, preferably on linden ( Tilia ), but also on oaks ( Quercus ), hazelnuts ( Corylus ), poplars ( Populus ), hawthorns ( Crataegus ), whitebeams ( Sorbus ), beeches ( Fagus ), apples ( Malus ) , Maples ( Acer ), ash trees ( Fraxinus ), willows ( Salix ) and many other species. Both the nymphs and the adult bugs sit on the trunk and also on thin branches and the leaves in the crown area of ​​the plants. The nymphs appear from May, the adult bugs from late June to October, sometimes until mid-November. One generation is trained every year. The females stick their eggs into the young shoots of the host trees.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 111 .
  2. ↑ Phytocoris tiliae. British Bugs, accessed January 4, 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 .

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