Lygocoris rugicollis
{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Lygocoris rugicollis 03.jpg
| image_caption = Lygocoris rugicollis by Mick Talbot
| genus = Lygocoris
| species = rugicollis
| authority = Fallén, 1807
| synonyms =
Lygaeus rugicollis Fallén, 1807
Phytocoris rugicollis Fallén, 1829
Plesiocoris rugicollis Fieber, 1861
}}
Lygocoris rugicollis is a widespread, common species of bug in the Miridae family. It feeds on a large variety of bushes and small trees, but especially willows (members of the Salicaceae) and slightly less often alders (members of the Betulaceae). It can be found throughout Europe, including the UK,{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452117|title=Lygocoris (Lygocoris) rugicollis (Fallen, 1807)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174324/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452117|archivedate=14 October 2013|url-status=dead}} and Spain,{{Cite book|author1=Goula, Marta |author2=Ribes, Jordi |author3=Serra, Antoni |name-list-style=amp |year=2010|title=Llista dels Heteròpters de Catalunya (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) (Checklist of Heteroptera of Catalonia (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera))|location=Barcelona|language=Catalan, English|publisher=Centre de Recursos de Biodiversitat Animal. Universitat de Barcelona|url=http://www.ub.edu/crba/publicacions/Llista%20heteropters/Llista_heteropters_de_Catalunya_Versio_1.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227184034/http://www.ub.edu/crba/publicacions/Llista%20heteropters/Llista_heteropters_de_Catalunya_Versio_1.pdf|archivedate=27 December 2013|url-status=live}} in North Africa,{{Cite book|author=Wheeler, A. G. Jr.|chapter=Plant Bugs (Miridae) as Plant Pests|editor=Schaefer, Carl W.|editor2=Panizzi, Antônio Ricard |year=2000|title=Heteroptera of Economic Importance|location=Boca Raton, Florida|publisher=CRC Press|pages=37–83, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AVcBI0GL-fQC&pg=PA56 page 56]|isbn=978-0-8493-0695-2}} as far east as Central Asia,Vinokurov has reported it from the Tian Shan. {{Cite web|title=Discover Life -- AMNH_PBI00337579 (Lygocoris rugicollis)|publisher=Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory, American Museum of Natural History|url=http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20l?id=AMNH_PBI00337579|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227182637/http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20l?id=AMNH_PBI00337579|archivedate=27 December 2013|url-status=live}} in Alaska{{Cite web|title=Discover Life -- GBIF773796221 (Lygocoris rugicollis)|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|url=http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20l?id=GBIF773796221|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227183315/http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20l?id=GBIF773796221|archivedate=27 December 2013|url-status=live}} and Canada, including the Maritimes.
Description
Adults are {{convert|5.5|-|7.0|mm}} long and are yellow coloured. The prothorax of the species is strongly wrinkled with an apparently hairless upper surface. Lygocoris rugicollis looks like its cousin Orthotylus marginalis.{{Cite web|author1=Bantock, Tristan |author2=Botting, Joseph |name-list-style=amp |title=Lygocoris rugicollis family Miridae|publisher=British Bugs: An online identification guide to UK Hemiptera|url=http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/lygocoris_rugicollis.html}}
Ecology
Lygocoris rugicollis is active from May to October, and feeds on plants, particularly on members of the Salicaceae and Betulaceae families. It has been reported as a pest on pome (apple trees) and ribes (currant and gooseberry bushes) in Europe.{{Cite book|author1=Wheeler, Alfred George Jr. |author2=Henry, Thomas J. |name-list-style=amp |year=1992|title=A Synthesis of the Holarctic Miridae (Heteroptera): Distribution, Biology, and Origin, with Emphasis on North America|series=Thomas Say Foundation Volume 15|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Entomological Society of America|page=61|isbn=978-0-938522-39-3}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=kkQgAQAAMAAJ snippet view from Google books]