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title: "Potato Mirid"
description: "Closterotomus norwegicus — Insects & spiders. Closterotomus norvegicus (also known as the potato capsid) is a species of bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/potato-mirid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Potato Mirid

> Closterotomus norwegicus — Insects & spiders. Closterotomus norvegicus (also known as the potato capsid) is a species of bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

- Scientific name: *Closterotomus norwegicus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 10087
- Wikidata: [Q233021](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233021)
- iNaturalist taxon: [481260](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/481260)

## Names

- en: Potato Mirid
- de: Zweipunktige Wiesenwanze
- es: Chinche de la papa
- fr: Punaise de la pomme de terre

## Countries with the most observations

US (2409), GB (1804), FR (695), DE (422), DK (284), ES (270), CA (244), AT (235), IT (222), NZ (181), PT (154), IE (128)

## Summary

Closterotomus norvegicus (also known as the potato capsid) is a species of bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.  It can be found feeding on nettle, clover, and cannabis, as well as Compositae, potatoes, carrots and chrysanthemums. They prefer to feed on the flowers, buds and unripe fruit. The species occurs in the Palearctic-British Isles and east across continental Europe to Siberia. It also occurs in the Nearctic as an  adventive species. In 1997 it was moved from the genus Calocoris to its current name.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closterotomus_norvegicus

## Photo

![Potato Mirid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/potato-mirid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sarah Adamson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227791782

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/potato-mirid?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).