Lygus gemellatus is a species of plant-feeding insects in the family Miridae.Biolib
Distribution and habitat This species is widespread in most of Europe and in the Oriental realm.Fauna europaea These bugs can be found mainly along roadsides and on meadows.
Description
Lygus gemellatus can reach a length of in males, of in females.Commanster These bugs are usually pale grayish green, sometimes with brownish or reddish tinge. Black spot on scutellum usually are bifid apically.Majid Mirab-balou & Mohammad Khanjani Harmful Hemiptera of Lygus Genus (Miridae, Hemiptera) On Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) In Hamedan Province (Western Iran) In Journal of Plant Protection Research 48(3) DOI: 10.2478/v10045-008-0040-7 However, in this species color and of dark patterns on pronotum and scutellum shows high variability.Mohammadreza LASHKARI & Reza HOSSEINI A revised identification key to the Lygus-species in Iran (Hemiptera: Miridae) Corium has black spots at the margin and cuneus has a black distal angle. Membrane is smoke gray, with yellowish-gray veins. Legs are yellowish-gray to brown. Femora have two distal black rings, while tibias show black thorns.Wanzen-im-Ruhrgebiet
Biology These plant-feeding insects have two annual generations. They overwinter as imago. Adults can be found from June to September. They are polyphagous and develop on a large scale on agricultural crops, damaging mainly the cereal and leguminous crops. They also feed on Artemisia vulgaris (juices), on Tanacetum vulgare (nectar) and on Medicago sativa.Khashimova M.Kh, Akhmedova Z.YU Some Features Bioecological Miridae Bugs Tashkent Region The Institute of Plant and Animal Gene Pool, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
References
NAU B. (2004): Identification of plantbugs of the genus Lygus in Britain. – Het News (Newsletter of the Heteroptera Recording Schemes) 3: 11–12.
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