# Calocoris affinis

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{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
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| image = Calocoris.affinis.-.lindsey.jpg
| image_caption =''C. affinis'' on a flower
| taxon = Calocoris affinis
| authority = ([Herrich-Schäffer](/source/Gottlieb_August_Wilhelm_Herrich-Sch%C3%A4ffer), 1835)
}}

'''''Calocoris affinis''''' is a species of [insect](/source/Hemiptera) in the subfamily [Mirinae](/source/Mirinae) of the family [Miridae](/source/Miridae) that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Switzerland and Greece.<ref name=CA>{{cite web|url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452214|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207015309/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452214|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2014|title=''Calocoris affinis'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)|publisher=[Fauna Europaea](/source/Fauna_Europaea)|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate=6 December 2014}}</ref>

== Distribution ==
thumb|left|''C. affinis'' on a leaf
It is distributed in most of Europe, including Denmark, Germany, Turkey, Serbia, Finland, Spain, Portugal and Italy.<ref name=CA /> It is normally found in meadows.<ref name=CA2>{{cite web|url=http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Insects/Bugs/SuBugs/Calocoris.affinis.html|title=Calocoris affinis|author=Lindsey, J. K.|date=2003|accessdate=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115216/http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Insects/Bugs/SuBugs/Calocoris.affinis.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It is not found in Switzerland and Greece due to the mountainous terrain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/237827 |title=Calocoris affinis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835) |publisher=Inventaire Nationale du Patromoine Naturel |date=2013 |accessdate=17 August 2015 |language=French}}</ref>{{clarify|date=October 2015}}

== Characteristics ==
It can be 6.6 to 8.3&nbsp;mm long. It lays its eggs in the fall, while hatching in the summer from June to August.<ref name=CA2 />

=== Diet ===
Its diet consists of ''[Urtica dioica](/source/Urtica_dioica)'' juices, ''[Heracleum sphondylium](/source/Heracleum_sphondylium)'' nectar, and ''[Centaurea jacea](/source/Centaurea_jacea)'' nectar.<ref name=CA2 />

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=U78x0NP4bWs Calocoris affinis] on [YouTube](/source/YouTube)

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Category:Mirini
Category:Hemiptera of Europe
Category:Insects described in 1835
Category:Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer

{{Mirinae-stub}}

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