Psallus variabilis | |
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Psallus variabilis depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 6) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Genus: | Psallus |
Species: | P. variabilis
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Binomial name | |
Psallus variabilis (Fallén, 1807)
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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.