Streaked plant bug

Miris striatus · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Miridae

Also called: Fine Streaked Bugkin

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Streaked plant bug
Photo: Barry Walter, CC BY

The streaked plant bug (Miris striatus) is a true bug found in the Palearctic region. It lives where it can hunt psyllid insects such as Cacopsylla melanoneura. Its diet consists mainly of these psyllid prey.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Miris striatus is commonly called the streaked plant bug.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is a predator of psyllids like Cacopsylla melanoneura.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

It feeds on psyllids such as Cacopsylla melanoneura.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is a Palearctic species.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Streaked plant bug photo 3
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA

Same family (Miridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miris_striatus

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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