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Genus Closterotomus

Potato Bug - Closterotomus norvegicus Plant Sucker - Closterotomus norvegicus Plant Bug - Closterotomus fulvomaculatus Hairy Green Mirids (?) on small yellow flowers - Closterotomus norvegicus Hairy Green Mirids (?) on small yellow flowers - Closterotomus norvegicus Hairy Green Mirids (?) on small yellow flowers - Closterotomus norvegicus Miridae ? - Closterotomus norvegicus A True Bug ? - Closterotomus norvegicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Mirinae
Tribe Mirini
Genus Closterotomus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Fieber, 1858
Numbers
2 species (fulvomaculatus, norvegicus) in North America

* 2 North American species were transferred from Calocoris.
Range
Europe and north Africa, both coasts of North America, plus New Zealand and Tasmania (and perhaps introduced to other areas?)
Internet References
1. Pinned and live images of adults and nymphs of C. fulvomaculatus provided by Danmarks Blomstertæger.
2. Live adult images of C. fulvomaculatus provided by British Bugs.
3. Pinned and live images of adults and nymphs of C. norvegicus (as C. norwegicus) provided by Danmarks Blomstertæger.
4. Live adult images of C. norvegicus (as C. norwegicus) provided by British Bugs.
5. Live adult image of C. norvegicus (W. Muller, Germany)