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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Tribe: | Mirini |
| Genus: | Lygus |
| Species: | L. elisus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygus elisus Van Duzee, 1914
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References
edit- ^ a b "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.
Further reading
edit- 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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