Lygus hesperus

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.

Lygus hesperus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Genus:	Lygus
Species:	L. hesperus
Binomial name
Lygus hesperus (Knight, 1917)

Hosts

Strawberry in California.^[1] See also Western Tarnished Plant Bug in California.