Psallus variabilis
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| Psallus variabilis | |
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| Psallus variabilis depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 6) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Psallus |
| Species: | P. variabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Psallus variabilis (Fallén, 1807) | |
Psallus variabilis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Palearctic and as an adventive species in North America.[1] It feeds on the sap of a variety of forest trees including Quercus, plum and crab apple trees and on rose, raspberry and cranberry.
