Macrotylus quadrilineatus
| Macrotylus quadrilineatus | |
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| Adult of Macrotylus quadrilineatus among sticky hairs of Salvia glutinosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Subfamily: | Phylinae |
| Genus: | Macrotylus |
| Species: | M. quadrilineatus |
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Macrotylus quadrilineatus (Schrank, 1785) |
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Macrotylus quadrilineatus is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Phylinae.
The main host plant is Jupiter's Distaff (Salvia glutinosa, Lamiaceae). This plant bug feeds on the juices of the plant and on small insects entrapped on the sticky salvia.
It is mainly found in Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Romania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Poland and former Yugoslavia.
Macrotylus quadrilineatus can reach a length of about 5 millimetres (0.20 in). The body and legs color is black, with four white lines (hence the species name).
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