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Orthops scutellatus
Species
Orthops scutellatus
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
Orthops
Species
scutellatus
(Orthops scutellatus)
Other Common Names
Carrot Plant Bug
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=
sachalinus
Carvalho
(
1
)
Range
naturally holarctic species, widespread in NA (transcontinental in the north, south to NC & AZ) and ne. Asia (Siberia to Japan)
(
1
)
Food
on Umbelliferae
(
2
)
Life Cycle
indications that the bug is non-native in NA (e.g.,
here
) are erroneous
(
1
)
Remarks
Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)
Works Cited
1.
Identity of Lygus buchanani Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini): a deletion from the New Zealand fauna
Schwartz M.D., Eyles A.C. 1999. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 26: 221--227.
2.
Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 2. Homoptera and Heteroptera
Lehr, P. A., ed. 1988. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House.
Contributed by
v belov
on 5 November, 2010 - 11:23am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 August, 2020 - 2:56pm