Lygus punctatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[
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Distribution
This species can be found in most Europe[ Fauna Euopaea] and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.[
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Description
Lygus punctatus can reach a body length of about .[ Vilkenart][ These bugs have shining and more or less distinct reddish, orange-red or brownish red pronotum and hemelytra. Lateral margin of pronotum is rounded. Scutellum is deeply punctate and not swollen. Middle of corium is less densely and less coarsely punctate than other parts of hemelytra.][Majid Mirab-balou, Mohammad Khanjani Harmful Hemiptera of Lygus Genus (Miridae, Hemiptera) On Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) In Hamedan Province (Western Iran) Journal of Plant Protection Research 48(3)]
Biology
Adults have been recorded highly abundant on alfalfa ( Medicago sativa).[
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