Alloeotomus gothicus

Description

Length 5 to 6 mm. Translucent light brown with orange-brown markings, corium punctures concolorous; membrane dusky, mottled with black; costal rib of corium banded brown & white, hind tarsus T1≈T2+T3. 

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Habitat

On Scots Pine. 

UK Status

Widely scattered across southern and central England.

VC55 Status

Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Species profile

Species group:
Bugs
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Miridae
Records on NatureSpot:
5
First record:
10/08/2021 (Cann, Alan)
Last record:
25/08/2023 (Higgott, Mike)

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