Psallus variabilis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Palearctic and as an adventive species in North America.[1] It feeds on the sap of a variety of forest trees including Quercus, plum and crab apple trees and on rose, raspberry and cranberry.
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| Psallus variabilis depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 6) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Psallus |
| Species: | P. variabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Psallus variabilis (Fallén, 1807)
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References edit
- ^ a b "Psallus variabilis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Psallus variabilis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Psallus variabilis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Psallus variabilis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
Further reading edit
- "On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links edit
External links edit
Media related to Psallus variabilis at Wikimedia Commons
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