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title: "Meadow Plant Bug"
description: "Leptopterna dolabrata — Owady i pająki. Leptopterna dolabrata (Miris dolabratus), commonly known as the meadow plant bug, is an insect in the Miridae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/meadow-plant-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Meadow Plant Bug

> Leptopterna dolabrata — Owady i pająki. Leptopterna dolabrata (Miris dolabratus), commonly known as the meadow plant bug, is an insect in the Miridae family.

- Scientific name: *Leptopterna dolabrata*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 15027
- Wikidata: [Q1758538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [321904](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/321904)

## Names

- en: Meadow Plant Bug
- de: Graswanze
- fr: Miride des prairies

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2544), DE (1946), US (1493), FR (1036), CA (883), AT (705), RU (493), DK (464), FI (289), PL (271), CZ (252), BE (174)

## Summary

Leptopterna dolabrata (Miris dolabratus), commonly known as the meadow plant bug, is an insect in the Miridae family. It is commonly found in grassy areas in almost all of Europe to the northern Mediterranean and east across Asia Minor to the Caspian Sea region. It is an adventive species in North America . It feeds on developing grass seeds, causing seed heads to shrivel and prematurely whiten. It is regarded as a pest wherever grass is grown for seed. The species has long antennae and is black coloured.

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

## Photo

![Meadow Plant Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/meadow-plant-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mathew Robinson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167849362

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/meadow-plant-bug?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).