| Macrotylus quadrilineatus | |
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| Adult of Macrotylus quadrilineatus among sticky hairs of Salvia glutinosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Macrotylus |
| Species: | M. quadrilineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrotylus quadrilineatus (Schrank, 1785) | |
Macrotylus quadrilineatus is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Phylinae. [1] [2]
The main host plant is Jupiter's Distaff ( Salvia glutinosa , Lamiaceae). [3] This plant bug feeds on the juices of the plant and on small insects entrapped on the sticky salvia. [4]
It is mainly found in Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Romania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Poland and former Yugoslavia. [5]
Macrotylus quadrilineatus can reach a length of about 5 millimetres (0.20 in). [6] The body and legs color is black, with four white lines (hence the species name).
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