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Species Orthotylus modestus

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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 modestus (Orthotylus modestus)
Explanation of Names
Orthotylus modestus Van Duzee 1916
Size
4.5-5 mm
Identification
Two transverse dark vittae on the pronotum.
Range
e. US, Ont. (MS-GA-Ont-IA) (1)
e. NA to NM-CO - Map (2)
Habitat
Willows
Print References
Van Duzee, E.P. (1916) Monograph of the North American species of Orthotylus (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)6: 87-128.
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)