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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Genus: | Malacocoris |
Species: | M. chlorizans
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Malacocoris chlorizans (
Panzer, 1794)
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Malacocoris chlorizans (commonly known as delicate apple capsid) [1] is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Orthotylinae.
The species is green coloured and is 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) long. [1]
It is found in Europe (mainly absent from Albania, Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Madeira, Malta and North Macedonia). [2] and east to the Caspian Sea.
Malacocoris chlorizans is found in deciduous trees, especially in hazel [3] where it feeds on mites and aphids. Adults fly from May to October. [1] [4]
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from
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Malacocoris chlorizans | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Genus: | Malacocoris |
Species: | M. chlorizans
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Binomial name | |
Malacocoris chlorizans (
Panzer, 1794)
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Malacocoris chlorizans (commonly known as delicate apple capsid) [1] is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Orthotylinae.
The species is green coloured and is 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) long. [1]
It is found in Europe (mainly absent from Albania, Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Madeira, Malta and North Macedonia). [2] and east to the Caspian Sea.
Malacocoris chlorizans is found in deciduous trees, especially in hazel [3] where it feeds on mites and aphids. Adults fly from May to October. [1] [4]