Pilophorus perplexus
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| taxon = Pilophorus perplexus
| authority = Douglas & Scott, 1875
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Pilophorus perplexus is a species of bug in the Miridae family. It can be found almost everywhere in Europe, (except for the Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, and Novaya Zemlya).{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=450938|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705031252/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=450938|url-status= dead|archive-date= July 5, 2015|title=Pilophorus perplexus Douglas & Scott 1875|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate= January 17, 2014}}
Description
The adult of the species is brown in colour. It is {{convert|4.5|mm}} long, and has silver-coloured bands on the forewings, which are hairy as well. In contrast to Pilophorus cinnamopterus, the forewings in this species are much duller. The species feed on aphids.[http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/pilophorus_perplexus.html Pilophorus perplexus]
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External links
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/itsaboyd/6060335910/in/photostream/ Pilophorus perplexus] on Flickr
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Category:Insects described in 1875
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