Biology:Calocoris affinis
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Short description: Species of true bug
| Calocoris affinis | |
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| C. affinis on a flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Calocoris |
| Species: | C. affinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calocoris affinis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)
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Calocoris affinis is a species of bug in the family Miridae,[1][2][3] subfamily Mirinae.[2][3] It is widespread in Europe.[1][2][3]
Distribution
It is distributed in most of Europe, but absent from Greece, the British Isles, and northern Fennoscandia.[2][3] It occurs on meadows.[4]
Characteristics
Adults are 6.6 to 8.3 mm long. Overwintering takes place as eggs while the adults can be observed in the summer from June to August.[4]
Diet
It is polyphagous, feeding on, e.g., Urtica dioica, Heracleum sphondylium, and Centaurea jacea.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Calocoris affinis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/PXKG.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Calocoris affinis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)". Fauna Europaea. https://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:452214.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Calocoris affinis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)" (in French). Inventaire Nationale du Patromoine Naturel. http://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/237827.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lindsey, J. K. (2003–2007). "Calocoris affinis". https://www.commanster.eu/Commanster/Insects/Bugs/SpBugs/Calocoris.affinis.html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10440133 entry
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