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[[File:Dicyphus errans BOLD Systems.png|250px|thumb|''Dicyphus errans'' (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario<br/>Source: [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Dicyphus+errans&searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Dicyphus+errans BOLD System]]]
 
[[File:Dicyphus errans BOLD Systems.png|250px|thumb|''Dicyphus errans'' (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario<br/>Source: [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Dicyphus+errans&searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Dicyphus+errans BOLD System]]]
<font color="#008000">'''''Dicyphus errans'' (predator)'''</font> Wolff
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<font color="#008000">'''''Dicyphus errans'' (predator)'''</font> (Wolff, 1804)
  
The bug is a beneficial generalist predator in Europe and northern Africa. For example, it feeds on tomato moth, ''[[Tuta absoluta]]''.
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This bug is a beneficial generalist predator in southern Europe and northern Africa. It is of interest as a biological control agent in crops like tomatoes and other vegetables. For example, it feeds on the tomato moth, ''[[Tuta absoluta]]'', ''[[Bemisia tabaci]]'' as well as aphids and has been studied for use in greenhouses (e.g. [[Journal of Applied Entomology (2015) 139, 333-341|Messelink et al., 2015]]).
  
 
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Dicyphus errans (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
Source: BOLD System

Dicyphus errans (predator) (Wolff, 1804)

This bug is a beneficial generalist predator in southern Europe and northern Africa. It is of interest as a biological control agent in crops like tomatoes and other vegetables. For example, it feeds on the tomato moth, Tuta absoluta, Bemisia tabaci as well as aphids and has been studied for use in greenhouses (e.g. Messelink et al., 2015).