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The genus ''Lygus'' includes over 40 species of plant-feeding insects in the family Miridae. The term lygus bug is used for any member of genus ''Lygus''. ==Species== At one time, nearly 200 species were classified as genus ''Lygus'', but most of those have since been reclassified into new or existing genera. Species within this genus include: 〔(Catalogue of life ) 〕〔(Fauna europaea ) 〕 * ''Lygus abroniae'' * ''Lygus aeratus'' * ''Lygus atriflavus'' * ''Lygus atritibialis'' * ''Lygus borealis'' * ''Lygus bradleyi'' * ''Lygus ceanothi'' * ''Lygus convexicollis'' * ''Lygus elisus'' * ''Lygus gemellatus'' * ''Lygus hesperus'' * ''Lygus humeralis'' * ''Lygus keltoni'' * ''Lygus lineolaris'' * ''Lygus lupini'' * ''Lygus maritimus'' * ''Lygus mexicanus'' * ''Lygus oregonae'' * ''Lygus perplexus'' * ''Lygus plagiatus'' * ''Lygus potentillae'' * ''Lygus pratensis'' * ''Lygus punctatus'' * ''Lygus robustus'' * ''Lygus rolfsi'' * ''Lygus rubroclarus'' * ''Lygus rubrosignatus'' * ''Lygus rufidorsus'' * ''Lygus rugulipennis'' * ''Lygus scudderi'' * ''Lygus shulli'' * ''Lygus solidaginis'' * ''Lygus striatus'' * ''Lygus unctuosus'' * ''Lygus wagneri'' * ''Lygus vanduzeei'' * ''Lygus varius'' *The tarnished plant bug (''Lygus lineolaris'') feeds on over half of all commercially grown crop plants, but favors cotton, alfalfa, beans, stone fruits, and conifer seedlings. This bug can be found across North America, from northern Canada to southern Mexico. *The western tarnished plant bug (''Lygus hesperus'') is a very serious pest of cotton, strawberries, and seed crops such as alfalfa. 〔 Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988) , Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States 〕 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.〔 Larry P. Pedigo (e-Study Guide for: Entomology and Pest Management ) 〕 *The European tarnished plant bug (''Lygus rugulipennis'') is distributed throughout Europe, where it will feed on over 400 types of crop plant from peach trees to wheat to lettuce.〔(British Bugs ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lygus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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