Definition of Genus Lygus

1. Noun. Plant-sucking bugs.

Exact synonyms: Lygus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Capsidae, Family Capsidae, Family Miridae, Miridae
Member holonyms: Lygus Bug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lygus

genus Lutjanus
genus Lutra
genus Luvarus
genus Lycaena
genus Lycaeon
genus Lychnis
genus Lycium
genus Lycoperdon
genus Lycopersicon
genus Lycopersicum
genus Lycopodium
genus Lycopus
genus Lycosa
genus Lyginopteris
genus Lygodium
genus Lygus (current term)
genus Lymantria
genus Lynx
genus Lyonia
genus Lyrurus
genus Lysichiton
genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma
genus Lysimachia
genus Lythrum
genus Macaca
genus Macadamia
genus Machaeranthera
genus Macleaya
genus Maclura

Literary usage of Genus Lygus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1895)
"This type of structure is exceptional in the genus Lygus, and when specimens of both sexes can be obtained for dissection, it is possible ..."

2. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1892)
"A true bug, an undetermined species of the genus Lygus, injured young pear trees at South Byron, ..."

3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1890)
"... and two examples of P. nigrita, Fall., were obtained this year in July. All the genus Lygus are represented, except pastinaca, Fall., ..."

4. A Sketch of the Natural History of the District of Columbia Together with an by Waldo Lee McAtee (1918)
"Knight, HH A revision of the genus Lygus as it occurs in America north of Mexico, with biological data on species from New York. Bui. ..."

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