Blepharidopterus angulatus

Blepharidopterus angulatus, the black-kneed capsid, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North Africa, Europe East across the Palearctic to Central Asia and in North America.[1]

Blepharidopterus angulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Blepharidopterus
Species:
B. angulatus
Binomial name
Blepharidopterus angulatus
(Fallén, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygaeus angulatus Fallén, 1807

Biology

The bugs feed mainly as predators of mites, mite eggs, aphids and other soft-bodied arthropods on various deciduous trees and shrubs. They are found mainly on Alnus, Betula , Corylus, Fraxinus, Ulmus, Tilia , Salix, Populus, Carpinus and Fagus. Occasionally suck also on the immature seeds of the plants.[5]

  • Blepharidopterus angulatus showing size Arnhem, the Netherlands
  • Blepharidopterus angulatus on Silver Birch

References
  1. "Blepharidopterus angulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. "Blepharidopterus angulatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. "Blepharidopterus angulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. "Blepharidopterus angulatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen) (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2.

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