Liocoris tripustulatus

Liocoris tripustulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Cimicomomorpha
Superfamily: Miroidea
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Genus: Liocoris
Species: L. tripustulatus
Binomial name
Liocoris tripustulatus
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms

Cimex bifasciatus Muller, 1764
Cimex tripustulatus Fabricius, 1781
Liocoris autumnalis Reuter 1875
Liocoris bifasciatus (Muller, 1764)
Liocoris bimaculatus Stichel 1930
Liocoris inequalis Stichel 1930
Liocoris lhesgica Kolenati 1845
Liocoris mutatus Stichel 1930
Liocoris nepeticolus Reuter, 1896
Liocoris pallens Noualhier 1895
Liocoris pictus (Hahn 1833)
Liocoris quadrimaculatus Stichel 1930
Liocoris signatus Poppius 1912
Liocoris similis Stichel 1958
Liocoris sordidus Stichel 1958
Liocoris tibialis Lindberg 1930
Lygus tibialis (Lindberg, 1930)
Phytocoris pictus Hahn 1833
Phytocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)

Nymph

Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae, that can be found in most of Europe.[1][2] Adults are normally 4 to 5 mm long, darker brown with cream-coloured to yellow highlights. Their primary food is nettles.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kerzhner I. M., Josifov M. (1999). "Family Miridae". In Aukema, Berend and Rieger, Christian. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, pages 108 & 109. ISBN 978-90-71912-19-1.
  2. ↑ Schwartz, Michael D. and Foottit, Robert G. (1998). Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Lygus Hahn, with a review of the Palearctic species (Heteroptera: Miridae). Memoirs of Entomology International number 10. Gainesville, Florida: Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56665-066-3.
  3. ↑ "Liocoris tripustulatus". Amiens, France: Amiens Faune et Flore.

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