Orsillus depressus

TaxID: 1081817

Basic Information

Orsillus depressus

Cypresfrøtæge, Seed Bug

Orsillus depressus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is a terrestrial insect native to southern Europe. It is considered a naturalized introduced species in the UK. O. depressus was first recorded in England in the 1980s and is now common throughout central and southern England. In southern Europe, its host plants are trees in Cupressaceae while in the UK Lawson's cypress is the most common host plant. O. depressus is approximately 6 mm in length and has a browny-orange coloration. Like many other species in Lygaeidae, O. depressus is a phytophagous species, feeding on plants, and it is commonly found in woodland/forest habitats and in cultivated areas of gardens and parks.

from Wikipedia

Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Lygaeidae

Orsillus

depressus

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Orsillus depressus
c
(c) unknown@CC0
Orsillus depressus
c
(c) Katja Schulz@BY
Orsillus depressus
c
(c) Alexander Baransky@BY-NC
Orsillus depressus
c
(c) Simon Oliver@BY-NC
Orsillus depressus
c
(c) Barry Walter@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (32 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

32
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Switzerland Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
Page 1 of 4

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

Download CSV

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (29 records)

View all

Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VBGWR560-16 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 Austria 2016-08-07 48.133247, 16.409994
VBGWR539-16 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 Austria 2016-07-23 48.17061, 16.25833
VBGWR376-16 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 Austria 2015-08-18 47.463486, 9.628627999999999
VBGWR121-16 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 Austria 2015-08-18 47.463825, 9.627725
UKAN4359-24 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2023-11-26 51.473465, -0.188641
NLHMM1889-15 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 Netherlands 2013-09-02 52.45, 6.83
NLHMM1409-15 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 Netherlands 2013-08-31 52.43, 7.01
NLHMM1199-15 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 658 Netherlands 2012-06-14 51.97, 5.67
GMPHZ4759-23 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 653 Pakistan 2019-06-12 30.057, 66.925
GMBSU275-18 BOLD:ACA9256 COI-5P 654 Bulgaria 2017-08-09 42.6381, 23.298
Page 1 of 3

Literature