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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) » Deraeocorinae » Deraeocorini » Deraeocoris » Deraeocoris nebulosus

Species Deraeocoris nebulosus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Bug - Deraeocoris nebulosus Deraeocoris nebulosus (Uhler) - Deraeocoris nebulosus plant bug - Deraeocoris nebulosus Mirid 2 - Deraeocoris nebulosus Mirid at lights - Deraeocoris nebulosus Mirid - Deraeocoris nebulosus Deraeocoris nebulosus unknown bug - Deraeocoris nebulosus
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 Deraeocorinae
Tribe Deraeocorini
Genus Deraeocoris
Species nebulosus (Deraeocoris nebulosus)
Explanation of Names
Deraeocoris nebulosus (Uhler 1872)
Range
NF‒ON‒ND‒KS to FL‒CA(1)(2)
Food
Feeds on mites, aphids, psyllids, whiteflies, scales and lace bugs
Life Cycle
overwinter in protected places such as under bark. Females lay about 240 eggs. Three generations a year.
Internet References
Fact sheet (D. Boyd)(3)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
3.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Contributed by Ron M. on 2 December, 2008 - 11:18am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 9:45pm

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