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Genus Neurocolpus

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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 Neurocolpus
Other Common Names
Clouded Plant Bug (N. nubilus)
Explanation of Names
Neurocolpus Reuter 1876
Numbers
13‒14 spp. in our area, 19 total(1)(2)
Size
4.5‒8.5 mm(2)
Identification
relatively large; typically have dusky pattern; flattened hairs on the enlarged scape and tufts of black bristlelike setae on the pronotal disc are diagnostic
Range
across NA; N. nubilis is common over e. and central NA
Season
May‒Oct in NC(3)
Food
Associated with various plants, including Buttonbush, Basswood; adults visit flowers
Remarks
Come to lights
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Genus Neurocolpus Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae): Taxonomy, economic implications, hosts and phylogenenetic review
Henry, Thomas J. and Kim, K.C. 1984. American Entomological Society.
3.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 September, 2004 - 8:47am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 13 May, 2024 - 9:18pm

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