''Orthops basalis'' is a species of plant bug belonging to the family

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, subfamily

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that can be found everywhere in

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except for

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. then east across the

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Description

It is long and is elongated with males often having three pale spots on the scutellum.

Biology

''Orthops basalis'' lives on various

Apiaceae Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...

and have no specialization in certain genera. Both the nymphs and the adult bugs are often on the flowers, especially on the stems directly below the flowers. There they suck on the immature reproductive organs. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: ''Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen)'' (= ''Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise''. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, , S. 96.

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''Orthops basalis''
Insects described in 1853 Hemiptera of Europe Mirini Taxa named by Achille Costa {{Miridae-stub