Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Heteroptera Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hemiptera Infraorder Cimicomorpha | |
Miridus quadrivirgatus is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.
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Description
The species is brownish coloured and is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in) long. Red and cream-coloured stripes run down the head, pronotum, and scutellum, and the cuneus is red.
Distribution
It is mainly found in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Britain I. In Britain, it is found between Suffolk and Pembrokeshire.
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