Tomato Mirid Bug

Agricultural fields, greenhouses, and gardens, particularly on solanaceous plants like tomato and tobacco.

Zoophytophagous; it feeds on small pests like whiteflies and spider mites, but also sucks sap from the plant stems and leaves.

Active during the day, it is a mobile predator and herbivore. It undergoes incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult).

Benefits as a biological control agent for pests like whiteflies; however, it is a significant risk to tomato crops as its sap-feeding can cause 'necrotic rings' on stems and fruit drop.