tarnished plant bug


noun
  1. a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.

Origin of tarnished plant bug

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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