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Apolygus lucorum
Apolygus lucorum Elst (Gld), the Netherlands
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Genus:	Apolygus
Species:	A. lucorum
Binomial name
Apolygus lucorum Meyer-Dür, 1843

Apolygus lucorum is a species of true bug in the Miridae family. It can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Bulgaria, Iceland, Malta, and Portugal. ^[1] and much of the Mediterranean basin, then east across the Palearctic to China and Japan. ^[2]

Adults are 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in) long, and are yellowish-green in colour. ^[3]

Apolygus lucorum feeds on a range of plants including tansy, nettle, Eupatorium, foxglove, scrub thistle ( Cirsium), willowherb ( Epilobium) and particularly mugwort piercing the plant tissues and feeding on the sap. Adults are found from July to October.