Lygus punctatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[3][1]
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| Lygus punctatus. Adult | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Lygus |
| Species: | L. punctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygus punctatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
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Distribution
editThis species can be found in most Europe[4] and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.[1][2][3]
Description
editLygus punctatus can reach a body length of about 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in).[5][6] These bugs have shining and more or less distinct reddish, orange-red or brownish red pronotum and hemelytra. Lateral margin of pronotum is rounded. Scutellum is deeply punctate and not swollen. Middle of corium is less densely and less coarsely punctate than other parts of hemelytra.[7]
Biology
editAdults have been recorded highly abundant on alfalfa (Medicago sativa).[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Lygus punctatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ a b "Lygus punctatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ a b "Lygus punctatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ Fauna Euopaea
- ^ Vilkenart
- ^ "Lygus punctatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ a b Majid Mirab-balou, Mohammad Khanjani Harmful Hemiptera of Lygus Genus (Miridae, Hemiptera) On Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) In Hamedan Province (Western Iran) Journal of Plant Protection Research 48(3)
Further reading
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- Schwartz, Michael D.; Foottit, Robert G. (1998). Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Lygus Hahn, with a review of the Palaearctic species (Heteroptera: Miridae). Memoirs on Entomology, International. Vol. 10. ISBN 978-1-56665-066-3. ISSN 1083-6284.
- "On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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