Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)
(a capsid bug)

Interactions where Heterotoma planicornis is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult is associated with UK/IrelandMajor APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugadult Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/AphidoideaaphidsMajor
nymph nymph is associated with UK/IrelandMajor APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugnymph Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/AphidoideaaphidsMajor
adult adult feeds on fruit (unripe) UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettlefruit (unripe)
adult adult feeds on bud UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettlebud
adult adult is associated with UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugadult Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettle
nymph nymph feeds on bud UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugnymph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettlebud
nymph nymph feeds on fruit (unripe) UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugnymph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettlefruit (unripe)
nymph nymph is associated with UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugnymph Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettle
adult adult feeds on fruit (unripe) UK/Ireland [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsfruit (unripe)
adult adult feeds on bud UK/Ireland [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsbud
adult adult is associated with UK/Ireland [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugadult Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubs
nymph nymph feeds on bud UK/Ireland [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugnymph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsbud
nymph nymph feeds on fruit (unripe) UK/Ireland [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugnymph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsfruit (unripe)
nymph nymph is associated with UK/Ireland [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Heterotoma planicornis/Heterotoma planicornisa capsid bugnymph Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubs

Heterotoma planicornis (a capsid bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Heterotoma planicornis (a capsid bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHeterotoma planicornis (a capsid bug)
TribeOrthotylini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyORTHOTYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Heterotoma planicornis (a capsid bug)

Heterotoma planicornis (a capsid bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Heterotoma planicornis (a capsid bug):

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