Dichrooscytus
gustavi
Family: Miridae
Dichrooscytus
species are strikingly coloured plant bugs with scarlet and green forewings. The head and pronotum are
green and the membrane veins scarlet.
D. gustavi is smaller than D. rufipennis
and associated with juniper, rather than Scots Pine. The 2nd antennal
segment is also slightly shorter (roughly equal to the width of the
pronotum).
A scarce species historically confined to juniper growing on chalk
downland in southern and central England. However, now also found more
widely on cultivated forms of juniper, particularly Chinese juniper Juniperus chinensis.
Adult: June-August
Length ~4mm
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