Lygus punctatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.
Distribution This species can be found in most EuropeFauna Euopaea and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.
Description Lygus punctatus can reach a body length of about .Vilkenart 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.Majid Mirab-balou, Mohammad Khanjani Harmful Hemiptera of Lygus Genus (Miridae, Hemiptera) On Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) In Hamedan Province (Western Iran) Journal of Plant Protection Research 48(3)
Biology Adults have been recorded highly abundant on alfalfa (Medicago sativa).
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