Apolygus lucorum

Description

Apolygus lucorum is a species of true bug in the Miridae family. It can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Bulgaria, Iceland, Malta, and Portugal. and much of the Mediterranean basin, then east across the Palearctic to China and Japan. Adults are 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in) long, and are yellowish-green in colour. A. lucorum feeds on a range of plants including tansy, nettle, Eupatorium, foxglove, scrub thistle (Cirsium), willowherb (Epilobium) and particularly mugwort piercing the plant tissues and feeding on the sap. Adults are found from July to October. Apolygus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Miridae. The genus was first described by China in 1941. The species of this genus are found in Eurasia.