| Plesiodema pinetella | |
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| Plesiodema pinetella depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 3) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Plesiodema |
| Species: | P. pinetella |
| Binomial name | |
| Plesiodema pinetella (Zetterstedt, 1828) | |
Plesiodema pinetella is a true bug. The species is found across Palearctic from Europe and Western North Africa East to Siberia and Central Asia.
Plesiodema pinetella feeds on Pinus , Picea and Larix but in Central Europe especially on Pinus sylvestris , and Pinus nigra , and at higher altitudes in the Alps on Pinus mugo . The imagines occur from late May to early July, where their life expectancy is only about two weeks.