lygus lineolaris

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   widespread plant and fruit pest

   Synonymstarnished plant bug

   Broaderlygus bug

Questions about lygus lineolaris

What does lygus lineolaris mean?

lygus lineolaris means "widespread plant and fruit pest".

What is another word for lygus lineolaris?

Close synonyms include tarnished plant bug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lygus lineolaris a common word?

lygus lineolaris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.