Kingdom Animalia Family Miridae Genus Pilophorus Order True bugs | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Pilophorus cinnamopterus, True bugs, Blepharidopterus angulatus, Atractotomus mali, Orthops campestris | ||
Pilophorus perplexus is a species of bug in the Miridae family that can be found everywhere in Europe (except for Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Iceland, Island, and Novaya Zemlya).
Description
The species is brown coloured, is 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in) long, and have silver coloured bands on forewings which are hairy as well. Unlike Pilophorus cinnamopterus their forewings are much duller. The species feed on aphids.
References
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