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Lygus, n. Ent.|ˈlaɪgəs|
[mod.L. Lygus (coined in Ger. in C. W. Hahn Wanzenartigen Insecten (1831) I. 28), ad. Gr. λύγος chaste-tree, withy.]
A genus of plant-sucking heteropteran insects (family Miridae or Lygaeidae), some of which carry plant disease viruses; (also lygus) an insect of this genus; also lygus bug.
1926W. S. Blatchley Heteroptera 783 In addition to the eastern species of Lygus above treated, there is one described by Reuter which is at present unknown. 1933Jrnl. Econ. Entomol. XXVI. 1076 There appears to be some confusion as to the scientific and common names which shall be applied to certain of our western Lygus. 1936Ibid. XXIX. 457 The alfalfa..was heavily infested with Lygus bugs. 1948Nature 6 Mar. 340/2 It is..estimated that if the lygus pest in Uganda were controlled, [cotton] output would be increased by 50 per cent. 1959Southwood & Leston Land & Water Bugs Brit. Isles x. 272 Many Lygus bugs are important crop pests in Europe and U.S.A. 1974E. C. Stacey Peace Country Heritage ii. 86 Pankiw begs the growers [of alfalfa] to check their fields for lygus, a tiny insect which sucks at the base of the flower and thus..greatly reduces seed set. 1991New Scientist 2 Mar. 47/1 One of the main pests in cotton, the bollworm, could be kept in check by common mites. But California's farmers were wiping out these mites at the same time as they were ridding their fields of another pest, the lygus bug. |