Phytocoris varipes is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

[1] Europe but it is mainly absent from Andorra, Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Madeira, Malta, Poland, and central and southern part of Russia.

Adults and nymphs live on various herbaceous plants and grasses and suck especially on the flowers and immature fruits.

Potential host plants include various daisy family (Asteraceae) such as Achillea , Centaurea , Matricaria and Artemisia, legumes (Fabaceae) such as Trifolium, Ononis, Lathyrus, Cytisus scoparius and also Rumex from the family Polygonaceae, Galium (Rubiaceae) (Poaceae) including Phleum and Bromus .

Mating and oviposition occurs in July and August, and the imagines die in the course of October.