Lygus hesperus, the western tarnished plant bug, is a serious pest of cotton, strawberries, and seed crops[clarification needed] such as alfalfa. In the state of California alone the bug causes US$30 million in damage to cotton plants each year, and at least US$40 million in losses to the state's strawberry industry.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Lygus |
| Species: | L. hesperus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygus hesperus (Knight, 1917)
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Hosts
editStrawberry in California.[1] See also Western Tarnished Plant Bug in California.
References
edit- ^ Zalom, F.G.; Bolda, M.P.; Dara, S.K. (July 2018). "Lygus Bugs (Western Tarnished Plant Bug) Agriculture: Strawberry Pest Management Guidelines". UC Integrated Pest Management (UC IPM). UC Agriculture (UC ANR). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
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