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Orthotylus bilineatus is a species of bug from the Miridae family that can be found everywhere in Europe (except for Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, and Yugoslavian states).[1] To the east it spreads over the Palearctic to the Russian Far East and Siberia to China and Japan.
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| Orthotylus bilineatus depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 7) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Orthotylus |
| Species: | O. bilineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthotylus bilineatus (Fallén, 1807)
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Description
editThe colour of the species is dark green with black stripes on the sides, and antennas.[2]
Distribution
editThe species can be found throughout Finland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, and the British Isles.
Ecology
editThe species prefers feeding on aspen, but may also be found on grey poplar.
References
edit- ^ "Orthotylus (Pseudorthotylus) bilineatus (Fallén, 1807)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Description". British Bugs. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
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