Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae)

Wayne N. Dixon and T. R. Fasulo

Release Date: 10/14/2024

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY-245 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 320), one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2001. Revised November 2009, August 2015, December 2021, and October 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This document is also available on the Featured Creatures website at http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures.

About the Authors

Wayne N. Dixon, program manager, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; and T. R. Fasulo, retired, Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Thomas R. Fasulo

retired scientist, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

Wayne Dixon

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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, former affiliate faculty, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

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Contacts

Elena Rhodes

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University of Florida

biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology