{{Short description|Species of true bug}} {{Expand German|topic=scitech|Phytocoris ulmi|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox | image = Phytocoris.ulmi8.-.lindsey.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Phytocoris ulmi | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) }}
'''''Phytocoris ulmi''''' is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.
==Description== The species is brownish coloured and is {{convert|6|-|8|mm}} long. Its 1st antennal segment is thin with the hairs being long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/phytocoris_ulmi.html|title=''Phytocoris ulmi''|publisher=British Bugs|accessdate=June 23, 2013}}</ref>
==Distribution== Europe but it is mainly absent from Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Madeira, Malta, Portugal, and central part of Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173559/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452020|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 14, 2013|title=''Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) ulmi'' (Linnaeus, 1758)|work=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate=October 13, 2013}}</ref> To the east it extends to the Caucasus.
==Ecology== ''Phytocoris ulmi'' found in hedgerows and woods especially on hawthorn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/phytocoris-ulmi|title=''Phytocoris ulmi''|publisher=Nature Spot|accessdate=June 23, 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://professor-moriarty.com/info/node/323/flickr ''Phytocoris ulmi'']
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Category:Insects described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Hemiptera of Europe Category:Phytocoris
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