
	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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	Nymph Food
	Elderberry and grape

	Adult Food
	Elderberry and grape


	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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