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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Mirini » Neurocolpus

Genus Neurocolpus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Neurocolpus
Other Common Names
Clouded Plant Bug (N. nubilus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Reuter, 1876
Numbers
Arnett, p. 275 (1), and Nearctica.com list 13 spp.
PBI and Henry (2) lists 14 North American spp. among total 19 spp.
Size
4.50-8.50 mm (2)
Identification
Large for a plant bug. Active, found on flowers, at lights. Typically has dusky (clouded) pattern. Antennae with flattened hairs on the thickened segment 1 and the tufts of black bristlelike setae on the pronotal disc are diagnostic in this family.
Range
North America. N. nubilis is common over east and central North America.
Habitat
Deciduous forests, edges, wetlands, with hostplants
Season
May-October (North Carolina)
Food
Adults visit flowers.
Life Cycle
Associated with various plants, including Buttonbush, Basswood. Comes to lights.
See Also
Phytocoris
Taedia
Print References
Arnett, p. 275, no illustrations (1)
Slater, p. 163, fig. 315--N. tiliae (3)
Brimley, p. 76, lists only N. nubilus for North Carolina, season: May-October in lowlands, June-August in mountains (4)
Internet References
Neurocolpus nubilus--Insects of Cedar Creek
Insect Images
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists, for that state, with number pinned: jessiae (3), nubilus (107), tiliae (19).
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.Genus Neurocolpus Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae): Taxonomy, economic implications, hosts and phylogenenetic review
By Henry, Thomas J. and Kim, K.C.
3.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
4.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 September, 2004 - 8:47am
Additional contributions by onegunah
Last updated 29 May, 2009 - 7:51pm

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