Lygus elisus

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

Last updated August 24, 2025

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]

References

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

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

[gbif-2] "Lygus elisus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

[buglink-3] "Lygus elisus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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Lygus elisus

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