Alloeotomus gothicus

Alloeotomus gothicus

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Description

Length 5 to 6 mm. Translucent light brown with orange-brown markings, corium punctures concolorous; membrane dusky, mottled with black; costal rib of corium banded brown & white, hind tarsus T1≈T2+T3. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Detailed photographs showing key features required. 

Habitat

On Scots Pine. 

UK Status

Widely scattered across southern and central England.

VC55 Status

Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Further Information

https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/alloeotomus_gothicus.html

  • David Nicholls
    Ratby garden
    16 August 2022
  • sue
    Nailstone, churchyard
    01 July 2025
  • AJ Cann
    Knighton
    10 August 2021
  • Mike Higgott
    Anstey garden
    11 August 2023
  • sue
    Nailstone, churchyard
    01 July 2025
  • Mike Higgott
    Anstey garden
    25 August 2023
  • AJ Cann
    Knighton
    10 August 2021
    hind tarsi

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

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