Lygus punctatus

Lygus punctatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.^[3][1]

Lygus punctatus
Lygus punctatus. Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Genus:	Lygus
Species:	L. punctatus
Binomial name
Lygus punctatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Synonyms[1][2]
List Liocoris columbiensis Lindberg, 1959 Lygus campestris fuscorubra Strobl, 1900 Lygus columbiensis Knight, 1917 Lygus franzi Wagner, 1949 Lygus fuscoruber Strobl, 1900 Lygus rutilans Horvath, 1888 Lygus rutilans franzi Wagner, 1949 Lygus superiorensis Knight, 1917 Lygus (Exolygus) punctatus Servadei, 1972 Lygus (Lygus) punctatus Stys and Stusak, 1960 Phytocoris punctata Zetterstedt, 1838

Distribution

This species can be found in most Europe^[4] and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.^[1][2][3]

Description

Lygus 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

Adults have been recorded highly abundant on alfalfa (Medicago sativa).^[7]