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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) » Mirinae » Mirini » Neolygus » Neolygus vitticollis

Species Neolygus vitticollis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · 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 Mirinae
Tribe Mirini
Genus Neolygus
Species vitticollis (Neolygus vitticollis)
Explanation of Names
Neolygus vitticollis (Reuter 1876)
vitticollis 'stripe-necked'
Size
~4-5 mm
Range
s.QC-s.ON & ne. US - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
maple trees
Food
nymphs feed on underside of leaves of maple (Acer spp.). Feeding produces translucent spots on red maple leaves at sites of penetration; when dead tissue tears or drops from the feeding sites, the foliage appears ragged/perforated. (Wheeler 1982)
Life Cycle
one generation per year; overwinters as an egg
Print References
Wheeler A.G., Jr. (1982) Coccobaphes sanquinarius and Lygocoris vitticollis (Hemiptera: Miridae): seasonal history and description of fifth-instar, with notes on other mirids associated with maple. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 84: 177-183.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 June, 2007 - 12:38am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 12 April, 2024 - 5:21pm

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