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Trefoil Plant Bug

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi (Wolff 1804)

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi

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Plagiognathus chrysanthemi, the trefoil plant bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found across the entire Palearctic and in North America as an adventive. [1]

Trefoil plant bug, Plagiognathus chrysanthemi
Trefoil plant bug, Plagiognathus chrysanthemi

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi sucks on herbaceous plants and it is very polyphagous feeding on many different host plants. These include species from different plant families, including daisy family (Asteraceae) and legume (Fabaceae). The bugs suck especially on the immature reproductive organs of the plants. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ^ "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ^ "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. ^ "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. ^ Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen) (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2, S. 254.
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Plagiognathus chrysanthemi: Brief Summary

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Plagiognathus chrysanthemi, the trefoil plant bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found across the entire Palearctic and in North America as an adventive.

Trefoil plant bug, Plagiognathus chrysanthemi Trefoil plant bug, Plagiognathus chrysanthemi

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi sucks on herbaceous plants and it is very polyphagous feeding on many different host plants. These include species from different plant families, including daisy family (Asteraceae) and legume (Fabaceae). The bugs suck especially on the immature reproductive organs of the plants.

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