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Orthops basalis Lat. “Orthops basalis“

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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.

Description

It is 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long and is elongated with males often having three pale spots on the scutellum.

Biology

Orthops basalis lives on various Apiaceae and have no specialization in certain genera. Both the nymphs and the adult bugs are often on the flowers, especially on the stems directly below the flowers. There they suck on the immature reproductive organs.

Orthops basalis

Ancestry Graph

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bug"]) plant-bugs-.->three-spotted-nettle-bug(["species: Three Spotted Nettle Bug"]) plant-bugs-.->trigonotylus-ruficornis(["species: Trigonotylus ruficornis"]) plant-bugs-.->tupiocoris-rhododendri(["species: Tupiocoris rhododendri"]) plant-bugs-.->two-spotted-grass-bug(["species: Two-spotted Grass Bug"]) click alfalfa-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/alfalfa-plant-bug/" click apolygus-lucorum href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/apolygus-lucorum/" click calocoris-affinis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/calocoris-affinis/" click campyloneura-virgula href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/campyloneura-virgula/" click closterotomus-biclavatus href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/closterotomus-biclavatus/" click common-green-capsid href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/common-green-capsid/" click common-nettle-flower-bug href 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"/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/meadow-plant-bug/" click megaloceroea-recticornis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/megaloceroea-recticornis/" click megalocoleus-tanaceti href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/megalocoleus-tanaceti/" click orthops-basalis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/orthops-basalis/" click potato-mirid href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/potato-mirid/" click psallus-varians href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/psallus-varians/" click red-spotted-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/red-spotted-plant-bug/" click spotted-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/spotted-plant-bug/" click three-spotted-nettle-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/three-spotted-nettle-bug/" click trigonotylus-ruficornis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/trigonotylus-ruficornis/" click tupiocoris-rhododendri href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/tupiocoris-rhododendri/" click two-spotted-grass-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/two-spotted-grass-bug/" click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/" click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/" click true-bugs href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/" click plant-bugs href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/"

Further Information

„Orthops basalis“ on wikipedia.org

„Orthops basalis“ on iNaturalist.org

Copyright

Wikipedia

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