Birch Plant Bug

Psallus betuleti

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Birch Plant Bug
Scientific Name: 
Psallus betuleti
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Taxonomy
Group: 
True Bug
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Hemiptera
Family: 
Miridae
Distribution

Distribution

Known from most of the territorial mainland. Known from much of Canada (Maw et al 2000).
Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

Six occurrences found (CNCI) Northwest Territories: 20 mi E of Tuktoyaktuk, 69.45 N 132.24 W, 6.7.1971, 9.7.1971, W.R.M. Mason ; 18.7.1971, W.R.M. Mason . Boyd Lake, out-let, 61.65 N 103.67 W, 13.7.1966, J.G. Chillcott, . Carney Lake inlet, 62.11 N 102.78 W, 290 m, 18.7.1966, J.G. Chillcott . Reindeer Depot, Mackenzie Delta,Reindeer Depot, Mackenzie Delta, 61.92 N 113.12 W, 16.7.1948, J.R. Vockeroth Nunavut: Muskox Lake, 64.75 N 108.17 W, 371 m, 02.8.1953, J.G. Chillcott (from Rabitsch W and Rieger C 2005. Taxonomy and distribution of Psallus betuleti (Fallén) and P. Montanus Josifov stat. Nov (Heteroptera, Miridae)Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 149(2):161-166
Score: 
BD
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Ranks drafted in 2020 by Chris Ratzlaff.
S Rank: 
S4S5
Decision Process Description: 
Recorded from a wide variety of hosts including the common Betula spp (Scudder 1997; iNaturalist 2020).
Last Updated: 
September 18, 2020

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