Dionconotus neglectus

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Dionconotus neglectus
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Dionconotus neglectus var. flavescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Dionconotus
Species:
D. neglectus
Binomial name
Dionconotus neglectus
(Fabricius, 1798)

Dionconotus neglectus is a plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. [1]

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Subspecies

Distribution

This species can mainly be found in France, Italy, Belgium, Bosnia and Croatia. [2]

Description

Dionconotus neglectus can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Its body is usually black with red or yellow hemielytra.

Biology

These bugs are polyphagous, They develop on grasses and herbaceous weeds and migrate to orange trees. Adults can be found from mid-March to mid-May. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). "Family Miridae". In Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, pages 96 &amp, 97. ISBN   978-90-71912-19-1.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Alfred George Wheeler Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): Pests, Predators, Opportunists
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