Tupiocoris notatus is a sap-sucking bug in the family of Miridae. It feeds on mesophyll cell contents of solanaceous plants like Datura and Nicotiana-species.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Tupiocoris |
| Species: | T. notatus
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| Tupiocoris notatus | |
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Background
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The insect is about 2 – 3 mm long and, like all hemipterans, undergoes an incomplete metamorphosis with several nymph stages. It is distributet mainly in the southern continental US and Mexico but also the Caribbean, Middle- and South America.[2] This organism is used in research as a model organism in the field of chemical ecology to study plant-herbivore interactions between this insect and plants like Datura wrightii[3] or the model plant Nicotiana attenuata.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of life - T. notatus". Encyclopedia of life. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c "ITIS Standard Report Page - T. notatus". ITIS. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ Van Dam, N. M.; Hare, D. J. (1998). "Differences in distribution and performance of two sap-sucking herbivores on glandular and non-glandular Datura wrightii". Ecological Entomology. 23: 22. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00110.x.
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