Weed Hosts of the Lygus (Heteroptera: Miridae) Bug Complex in Central Washington
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 75 (4), 724-727
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/75.4.724
Abstract
Lygus bugs were swept from a variety of plant hosts in the Yakima Valley and Columbia Basin in Washington. Collected adults were identified to species, and nymphs were reared to adults for identification. Lygus elisus Van Duzee was the predominant species on weedy crucifers, chenopods, and composites. L. hesperus Knight populations predominated on volunteer alfalfa, the major weed legume. L. desertinus Knight occurred as a small proportion of the lygus bug population and generally in close association with L. elisus.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Overwintering of Lygus Bugs in Central Washington: Effects of Pre-Overwintering Host Plants, Moisture, and TemperatureEnvironmental Entomology, 1982
- Weed Sources of Lygus Bugs in the Yakima Valley and Columbia Basin in Washington1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1980
- Distribution and Parasitization of Some Lygus Spp. in Western United States and Central Mexico1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1968