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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Cyrtocapsus Plant Bugs

Cyrtocapsus (Genus)

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Cimicomorph Bugs (Infraorder Cimicomorpha)

-Superfamily Miroidea​

-Plant Bugs (Family Miridae)

-Subfamily Mirinae

-Tribe Eccritotarsini

-Genus Cyrtocapsus


Cyrtocapsus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae, commonly known as mirid bugs or leaf bugs. These bugs often have a dull or earth-toned coloration, which can help them blend in with plant foliage. Cyrtocapsus bugs, like other members of the Miridae family, feed on plant material. They use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to extract sap from plants, including leaves, stems, and sometimes flowers or fruits.

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