Notostira erratica
Species of true bug
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Notostira erratica, known as the erratic plant bug, is a species of bugs from a Miridae family, subfamily Mirinae that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Azores, Benelux, Faroe Islands, Madeira, Malta, and African and Asia ones such as Canary Islands and Cyprus.[1][2]
| Erratic Plant Bug | |
|---|---|
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| Notostira erratica, Latvia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Notostira |
| Species: | N. erratica |
| Binomial name | |
| Notostira erratica | |
Biology
Occurs on dry grass-dominated areas where it lives on various grasses, notably Calamagrostis and Alopecurus.
As in N. elongata males winter in the egg stage, and the females wintering in the imago.
