Compsidolon salicellum

Compsidolon salicellum is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Europe across the Palearctic to Siberia and Korea. It is also found in North America as an Adventive species.[1]

Compsidolon salicellum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Compsidolon
Species:
C. salicellum
Binomial name
Compsidolon salicellum

Biology

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Sunny, dry as well as humid habitats are inhabited, such as forest edges or isolated bushes.

The bugs live mainly on common hazel (Corylus avellana), more rarely on other deciduous shrubs such as willow (Salix), alder (Alnus), honeysuckle (Lonicera), oak (Quercus ) or linden (Tilia ), occasionally Rubus species. They are zoophytophagous and suck both plant sap, as well as on mites, for example . The adult bugs can be observed from mid / late July to late September. The species has one generation per year.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Compsidolon salicellum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ "Compsidolon salicellum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ^ "Compsidolon salicellum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ^ "Compsidolon salicellum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  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.

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