Orthotylus adenocarpi
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| Orthotylus adenocarpi | |
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| Orthotylus adenocarpi depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 2) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Orthotylus |
| Species: | O. adenocarpi |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthotylus adenocarpi (Perris, 1857) | |
Orthotylus adenocarpi is a species of bug from the Miridae family that can be found in Andorra, Benelux, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Poland, Spain, and Sweden.[1] O. adenocarpi lives exclusively on broom Sarothamnus scoparius. In addition, to sucking sap, they also suck aphids and Psyllidae. The nymphs occur from mid-May, adult bugs from mid-June to a maximum of mid-August.
