Cyllecoris histrionius

Cyllecoris histrionius
Cyllecoris histrionius depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 8)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Cimicomomorpha
Superfamily: Miroidea
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Genus: Cyllecoris
Species: C. histrionius
Binomial name
Cyllecoris histrionius
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Cyllecoris histrionius is a species of bug in Miridae family that can be found in the United Kingdom, Iceland, Western, Eastern, and Central Europe.[1] The species have strikingly marked and elongated body, and have a large black pronotrum that is narrowed at the front and is of yellowish-white colour. The eggs hatch in spring after they overwinter for a bit. The species hatch as bluish-green coloured larvae. Adults fly from May to July and could be found on oaks feeding on small insects such as aphids and bark flies.[2]

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