plant bug

(Neurocolpus jessiae)

Conservation Status
plant bug (Neurocolpus jessiae)
Photo by Alfredo Colon
  IUCN Red List

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Description
 
 

Neurocolpus jessiae is a relatively small true bug but a relatively large plant bug.

Adults are elongated and soft-bodied. Males are ¼ (6.12 to 6.67 mm) in length, female slightly larger, ¼ (6.42 to 7.08 mm).

The third and largest segment (femur) on the hind leg of the nymph is mostly pale green, dark brown only on the outer (apical) quarter.

 
     
 

Size

 
 

Male: ¼ (6.12 to 6.67 mm)

Female: ¼ (6.42 to 7.08 mm)

 
     
 

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Biology
 
 

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Behavior

 
 

 

 
     
 

Life Cycle

 
 

 

 
     
 

Nymph Food

 
 

Elderberry and grape

 
     
 

Adult Food

 
 

Elderberry and grape

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

24, 29, 30.

 
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Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Hemiptera (true bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)  
 

Suborder

Heteroptera (true bugs)  
 

Infraorder

Cimicomorpha (cimicomorph bugs)  
 

Superfamily

Miroidea  
 

Family

Miridae (plant bugs)  
 

Subfamily

Mirinae  
 

Tribe

Mirini  
  Genus Neurocolpus  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Metriorrhynchomiris affinis

Poecilocapsus affinis

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

This species has no common name. The common name for the family Miridae is plant bugs, and it is applied here for convenience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Femur

On insects and arachnids, the third, largest, most robust segment of the leg, coming immediately before the tibia. On humans, the thigh bone.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Alfredo Colon
7/17/2018

Location: Woodbury, Minnesota

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Created: 1/26/2019

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