Phytocoris tiliae explained

Phytocoris tiliae is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

Description

The species is greyish-green coloured and is 6- long. It have black coloured mottling on the wings with its underside being silver-grey to lime-green.^[1]

Distribution

It is mainly absent from Albania, Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Lithuania, Madeira, Malta, North Macedonia, and some parts of Russia.^[2] then east to the Caucasus.

Ecology

Phytocoris tiliae found on deciduous trees (Tilia, Quercus, Corylus, Populus, Crataegus, Sorbus, Fagus, Malus, Acer, Fraxinus, Salix) where it feeds on mites and other small insects.^{[1] [3]}

External links

• Phytocoris tiliae

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phytocoris tiliae. British Bugs. June 23, 2013.
2. Web site: Phytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliae (Fabricius, 1777). https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172208/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452056. dead. October 14, 2013. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. October 13, 2013.
3. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen) (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006,, S. 111.