''Orthocephalus saltator'' is a
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
species of
plant bug in the family
Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the ...
.
[ It is found in ]Europe
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as far as the Caspian Sea
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and Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
and to the south North Africa
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.
''O. saltator'' feeds on Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
especially ''Hieracium pilosella
''Hieracium'' (),
known by the common name hawkweed and classically as (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, ' hawk'),
is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion (''Taraxacum''), chicory ('' Cichorium'' ...
'' and Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
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Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: ''Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen).'' (= ''Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise''. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, , S. 158.]
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Orthotylinae
Articles created by Qbugbot
Insects described in 1835
Taxa named by Carl Wilhelm Hahn
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