Lygus elisus

Lygus elisus, known generally as the pale legume bug or lucerne plant bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Central America, North America, and Oceania.[1][2][3]

Lygus elisus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Miridae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Lygus
Species:
L. elisus
Binomial name
Lygus elisus
Van Duzee, 1914
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygus desertus Knight, 1944

References

  1. "Lygus elisus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Lygus elisus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • 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. 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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