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Genus Plagiognathus

Miridae ? - Plagiognathus Dark mirid - Plagiognathus Miroidea? - Plagiognathus Miridae, dorsal - Plagiognathus Hemiptera - Plagiognathus Mirid on Lemon Balm - Plagiognathus Unknown Miridae(?) - Plagiognathus Plant Bug - Plagiognathus obscurus
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 Phylinae
Tribe Phylini
Subtribe Oncotylina
Genus Plagiognathus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1); 25 spp. transferred to or from Plagiognathus
Microphylellus Reuter 1909 • Gerhardiella Poppius 1911 • Chaetophylidea Knight 1968
Explanation of Names
Plagiognathus Fieber 1858
Numbers
~90 spp. (of which P. arbustorum, P. chrysanthemi, P. vitellinus adventive) in our area, >120 total(1)
Size
2.3―5.8 mm
Identification
Coloration of the antennae, legs, and hemelytra is extremely useful, though some spp. show substantial variation(1)
Range
Holarctic; throughout so. Canada & the US; greatest diversity north of 40°N
Food
Host plants include many coniferous and broad-leaved trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants (Asteraceae, Betulaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Salicaceae, etc.); individual species often rather host-specific.
Life Cycle
most spp. univoltine, a few bivoltine