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Species Orthotylus submarginatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Orthotylini
Genus Orthotylus
Species submarginatus (Orthotylus submarginatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Say, 1832 (Original genus: Capsus)
Size
4-4.6 mm (1)
Identification
Dorsum pale salmon to orange; antennae, front of head, lateral margins of pronotal disk, scutellum, rather broad area on either side of commissure, embolium, area at apex of corium, apex of cuneus, and membrane, blackish or black; rostrum, except apex, pale; legs mostly pale, with hind femora dusky and tibiae almost black. (2)

Orange color can fade to green in collected specimens.
Range
Eastern North America (ne NA per BG data)
Season
Jun-Jul (BG data)
Food
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) (2)
Works Cited
1.Heteroptera of Eastern North America
W.S. Blatchley. 1926. The Nature Publishing Company.
2.The Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois
Knight, Harry, H. 1941. State of illinois.
Contributed by WonGun Kim on 12 June, 2009 - 9:15am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 September, 2024 - 12:40am

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