tarnished plant bug

noun

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

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First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use tarnished plant bug in a sentence

Knows of a plantation not mulched at all, that suffered more than any other this year from the tarnished plant bug.
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. | Various
Of the latter, Lygus pratensis, the tarnished plant-bug, is reported by Professor Crosby as sucking blood.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Riley

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