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Orthotylus tenellus

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Orthotylus tenellus
Orthotylus tenellus, Scotland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Orthotylus
Species:
O. tenellus
Binomial name
Orthotylus tenellus
(Fallén, 1807)

Orthotylus tenellus is a species of bug from a family of Miridae that can be found in Benelux, Eastern Europe (except for Lithuania and Russia), Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Scandinavia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and northern states of former Yugoslavia.[1]

Description

Adults are 4–4.5 millimetres (0.16–0.18 in) long, and are active from June–August.

Ecology

The species are feeding on trees like: oak, ash, and hazel.[2]

Subspecies

References

  1. ^ "Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellus (Fallen, 1807)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 39, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Orthotylus tenellus". Retrieved October 14, 2013.