Apolygus spinolae
Species of true bug
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Apolygus spinolae is a species of true bug in the Miridae family. It can be found throughout Europe, except for Albania, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Portugal.[1] and not in the extreme south. Then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, and through Central Asia to China and Japan
| Apolygus spinolae | |
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| Apolygus spinolae depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 4) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Apolygus |
| Species: | A. spinolae |
| Binomial name | |
| Apolygus spinolae (Meyer-Dür, 1843) | |
Description
Ecology
They feed on plants of various kinds, including bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), bramble (Rubus), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), and nettle (Urtica). The species are active June–September.[2]