Psallus variabilis | |
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Psallus variabilis depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 6) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Genus: | Psallus |
Species: | P. variabilis |
Binomial name | |
Psallus variabilis (Fallén, 1807) |
Psallus variabilis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in the Palearctic and as an adventive species in North America. [1] It feeds on the sap of a variety of forest trees including Quercus , plum and crab apple trees and on rose, raspberry and cranberry.