| Grypocoris sexguttatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Grypocoris |
| Species: | G. sexguttatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Grypocoris sexguttatus (Fabricius, 1777) | |
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Grypocoris sexguttatus is a species of true bugs belonging to the family Miridae or plant bugs, subfamily Mirinae.
Grypocoris sexguttatus can reach a length of 6.5–8.3 millimetres (0.26–0.33 in) in males, of 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) in females. [1]
This species is present in most of Europe. [2] The preferred habitat are spruce forest edges. [1]
Nymphs can be found in May – June, while adults are present from June to August. These polyphagous bugs mainly feed on Heracleum sphondylium (nectar), Melampyrum pratense , Galeopsis tetrahit and Urtica dioica , but also on other insects, especially of the family Aphididae. [1]
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the largest family of true bugs belonging to the suborder Heteroptera; it includes over 10,000 known species, and new ones are being described constantly. Most widely known mirids are species that are notorious agricultural pests that pierce plant tissues, feed on the sap, and sometimes transmit viral plant diseases. Some species however, are predatory.
Calocoris nemoralis is a species of true bugs belonging to the family Miridae or jumping tree bugs, subfamily Mirinae.
Deraeocoris schach is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Deraeocorinae.
Horistus orientalis is a species of plant bugs, part of the suborder Heteroptera, which belongs to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.
Lygus pratensis is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae.
Dionconotus neglectus is a plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.
Macrotylus quadrilineatus is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Phylinae.
Agnocoris reclairei is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.
Deraeocoris ruber is a species of bug in Miridae family.
Closterotomus biclavatus is a plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1835.
Orthops kalmii is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae, that can be found everywhere in Europe but is absent on such islands as Azores, the Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Malta. then east through the Palearctic to Siberia. It is 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in) long. Both nymphs and adults feed on Apiaceae without preference. The name honours Finnish naturalist Pehr Kalm.
Orthops basalis is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina Faroe Islands, Iceland and Cyprus. then east across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Siberia.
Orthops campestris is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae, that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Azores, Faroe Islands, Iceland and African islands such as Canary Islands and Cyprus. and across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Siberia.
Calocoris roseomaculatus is a species of bugs in the Mirinae subfamily of the Miridae family.
Grypocoris is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Miridae or plant bugs, subfamily Mirinae.
Orthonotus rufifrons is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae.
Globiceps fulvicollis is a species of plant-feeding insect of the family Miridae.
Lygus gemellatus is a species of plant-feeding insects in the family Miridae.
Horwathia lineolata is a species of bugs in the tribe Mirini, family Miridae.
Closterotomus ventralis is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.
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