TARNISHED PLANT BUG


Meaning of TARNISHED PLANT BUG in English

noun

: a common and widespread mirid bug ( Lygus lineolaris ) that is destructive to many kinds of plants by sucking the sap from buds, leaves, and fruits and causing decline and disfigurement (as catfacing of peaches) and by carrying diseases (as fire blight of pears) — see stopback

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