Orthotylus flavosparsus

Orthotylus flavosparsus
	Heterotoma merioptera depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Genus:	Orthotylus
Species:	O. flavosparsus
Binomial name
	Orthotylus flavosparsus; (C. R. Sahlberg, 1841)
Synonyms
	Melanotrichus falvosparsus; Orthotylus parallelus Lindberg, 1927; Orthotylus viridipunctatus Reuter, 1899; Orthotylus nigropilosus Lindberg, 1934; Orthotylus viridipennis Dahlbom, 1851; Orthotylus guttula Matsumura 1917; Orthotylus bicolor Carvalho & Carpintero 1986; Orthotylus pulchellus Reuter 1874; Orthotylus deflavus Stichel 1957; Phytocoris flavosparsus Sahlberg, C., 1841; Phytocoris viridipennis Dahlbom 1851;

Orthotylus flavosparsus is a species of plant-eating bug in the Miridae family, which is found everywhere in Europe except for Albania and Iceland.^[3] It was introduced to North America.^[4]

Description

The adult Orthotylus flavosparsus is normally about 4 millimetres (0.16 in) in length,^[4] and green in colour.^[5]

The species can be found on oraches and chenopods, which is their main food.^[4]

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