Lygus hesperus

TaxID: 30085

Basic Information

Lygus hesperus

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Lygus hesperus, the western tarnished plant bug, is a serious pest of cotton, strawberries, and seed crops such as alfalfa. 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.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Miridae

Lygus

Lygus hesperus

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Japan Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1186787 whole body - female 8343018 N/A
SRR1186788 whole body - female 9359931 N/A
SRR1186789 whole body - female 10163799 N/A

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

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Literature