Heteroptera of Slovenia

Pentatomomorpha

Pyrrhocoridae

Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Mainly phytophagous species feeding on seeds, occasionally attacks insect eggs and dead insects. Host plants: Tilia spp. (Tiliaceae).

V glavnem rastlinojeda vrsta, ki se prehranjuje s semeni, občasno napada jajca žuželk in mrtve žuželke. Hranilne rastline: Tilia spp. (Tiliaceae).

Records from Slovenia:

Scopoli, 1763; Montandon, 1886; Gogala & Moder, 1960; Gogala & Gogala, 1986, 1989, 1994; Gogala A., 2007