{{Short description|Species of true bug}} {{Expand German|topic=scitech|Anthocoris confusus|date=July 2019}}{{Speciesbox | image = Anthocoris confusus (Anthocoridae) - (imago), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg | genus = Anthocoris | species = confusus | authority = Reuter, 1884 }}
'''''Anthocoris confusus''''' is a species of minute pirate bug in the family Anthocoridae.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/> It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (including China and Japan) and North America.<ref name=itis/> thumb It lives on various deciduous trees and feeds on aphids, such as the subfamily Thelaxinae and Psylloidea and Psocoptera.It is found on willow (''Salix'' ), beech ( ''Fagus'' ), maples (''Acer''), linden trees (''Tilia''), oak trees (''Quercus''), white thorns (''Crataegus''), elms (''Ulmus''), poplars (''Populus'') and ash (''Fraxinus'') among other trees.
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Anthocoris confusus'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=106914 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Anthocoris confusus'' species details | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/7e0b1b8312abb4473841e29b53d7e979 | website=Catalogue of Life | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Anthocoris confusus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2020844 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Anthocoris confusus'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1044228 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref> }}
==Further reading== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I | date = 1996 | last1 = Péricart | first1 = J. | last2 = Golub | first2 = V. B. | editor-last1 = Aukema | editor-first1 = Berend | editor-last2 = Rieger | editor-first2 = Christian | publisher = The Netherlands Entomological Society | isbn = 978-90-71912-15-3 }} {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Refbegin}} * {{Commons category-inline|Anthocoris confusus}} {{Refend}}
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Category:Anthocorini Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Insects described in 1884 Category:Hemiptera of Europe
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