Malacocoris chlorizans

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Malacocoris chlorizans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Miridae
Genus:	Malacocoris
Species:	M. chlorizans
Binomial name
Malacocoris chlorizans (Panzer, 1794)

Malacocoris chlorizans (commonly known as delicate apple capsid)^[1] is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Orthotylinae.

Description[]

The species is green coloured and is 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) long.^[1]

Distribution[]

It is found in Europe (mainly absent from Albania, Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Madeira, Malta and North Macedonia).^[2] and east to the Caspian sea.

Ecology[]

Malacocoris chlorizans is found in deciduous trees, especially in hazel^[3] where it feeds on mites and aphids. Adults fly from May to October.^[1][4]

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• Malacocoris chlorizans