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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Orthotylinae » Ceratocapsini » Ceratocapsus » Ceratocapsus modestus

Species Ceratocapsus modestus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Orthotylinae
Tribe Ceratocapsini
Genus Ceratocapsus
Species modestus (Ceratocapsus modestus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ceratocapsus modestus (Uhler)
Orig. Comb: Melinna modestus Uhler, 1887
Size
4.34-4.55 mm (1)
Identification
Separated from other Ceratocapsus by the lack of pilose or tomentose pubescence on the hemelytra, the overall yellowish-brown color with the more fuscous pronotum, scutellum and apical portion of the hemelytra, and the male genitalia. (2)

Det. Brad Barnd, 2022 - ID'd from specimen
Range
e. NA to e. Rockies - Map (3)(4)
Food
Breeds on Quercus spp. and Vitis sp. (2)
Works Cited
1.The Plant Bugs of the Prairie Provinces of Canada: Heteroptera, Miridae
L.A. Kelton. 1980. Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre Supply and Services Canada.
2.Review of the Ceratocapsus lutescens group, with descriptions of seven new species from the eastern United States
Henry, Thomas J. 1979. The Entomological Society of Washington.
3.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by WonGun Kim on 17 July, 2009 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 March, 2023 - 4:44pm

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