Prepops insitivus (Say, 1832)

A Plant Bug

Synonyms: Capsus xanthomelas, Platytylellus insitivus, Platytylellus angusticollis

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Miridae

Genus: Prepops

Species: Prepops insitivus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Prepops insitivus