Plagiognathus chrysanthemi

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi, the trefoil plant bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found across the entire Palearctic and in North America as an adventive. [1]

Trefoil plant bug, Plagiognathus chrysanthemi
Trefoil plant bug, Plagiognathus chrysanthemi

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Plagiognathus
Species:
P. chrysanthemi
Binomial name
Plagiognathus chrysanthemi
(Wolff, 1804)

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi sucks on herbaceous plants and it is very polyphagous feeding on many different host plants. These include species from different plant families, including daisy family (Asteraceae) and legume (Fabaceae). The bugs suck especially on the immature reproductive organs of the plants. [5]

References
  1. "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Plagiognathus chrysanthemi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen) (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2, S. 254.

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