Phytocoris tiliae (Fabricius, 1777) is a animal in the Miridae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Phytocoris tiliae (Fabricius, 1777)

Phytocoris tiliae (Fabricius, 1777)

Phytocoris tiliae is a small greyish-green true bug that lives on deciduous trees and feeds on small arthropods.

Family
Genus
Phytocoris
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Phytocoris tiliae (Fabricius, 1777)

Phytocoris tiliae (Fabricius, 1777) is a species that is greyish-green in color, and measures 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in) in length. It has black mottling on its wings, while its underside ranges from silver-grey to lime-green. Its range extends east to the Caucasus; it is mainly absent from Albania, the Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Canary Islands, Cyprus, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Lithuania, Madeira, Malta, North Macedonia, and some parts of Russia. Phytocoris tiliae can be found on a variety of deciduous trees, including Tilia, Quercus, Corylus, Populus, Crataegus, Sorbus, Fagus, Malus, Acer, Fraxinus, and Salix. In this habitat, it feeds on mites and other small insects.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Miridae Phytocoris

More from Miridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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