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''Anthocoris confusus'' is a species of minute pirate bug in the family 
It lives on various deciduous trees and feeds on aphids , such as the subfamily
Anthocoridae
Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species.
Description
Anthocoridae are 1.5–5 mm long and have soft, elongated oval, flat bodies, often patterned in black an ...
. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (including China and Japan) and North America.
It lives on various deciduous trees and feeds on aphids , such as the subfamily Thelaxinae
Thelaxinae is a subfamily of the family Aphididae
The Aphididae are a very large insect family in the aphid superfamily ( Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. These insects suck the sap from plant leaves. Several thousand species are placed i ...
and Psylloidea and Psocoptera.It is found on willow ('' Salix'' ), beech ( '' Fagus'' ), maples ('' Acer''), linden trees (''Tilia
''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain a ...
''), oak trees ('' Quercus''), white thorns (''Crataegus
''Crataegus'' (), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, Voss, E. G. 1985. ''Michigan Flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part II: Dicots (Saururaceae–Cornacea ...
''), elms ('' Ulmus''), poplars (''Populus
''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
The we ...
'') and ash (''Fraxinus
''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...
'') among other trees.
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* Anthocoridae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1884 Hemiptera of Europe {{cimicomorpha-stub