Apolygus spinolae

{{Short description|Species of true bug}}

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| image = SaundersHemipteraHeteropteraBritishIslesPlate23.jpg

| image_caption = Apolygus spinolae depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 4)

| genus = Apolygus

| species = spinolae

| authority = (Meyer-Dür, 1843)

}}

Apolygus spinolae is a species of true bug in the Miridae family. It can be found throughout Europe, except for Albania, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Portugal.{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452234|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103224534/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452234|url-status= dead|archive-date= November 3, 2013|title=Apolygus spinolae (Meyer-Dur 1841)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|accessdate=8 July 2012}} and not in the extreme south. Then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, and through Central Asia to China and Japan

Description

Adults length is {{convert|5|–|6|mm}}. The species are coloured black on the bottom and green on top, with a brownish back.

Ecology

They feed on plants of various kinds, including bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), bramble (Rubus), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), and nettle (Urtica). The species are active June–September.[http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/apolygus_spinolae.html Ecology]

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Category:Mirini

Category:Hemiptera of Europe