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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Mirini » Adelphocoris » Alfalfa Plant Bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus)

Species Adelphocoris lineolatus - Alfalfa Plant Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Alfalfa plant bug - Adelphocoris lineolatus

Plant Bug Genus Plagiognathus - Adelphocoris lineolatus

Adelphocoris lineolatus - Alfalfa Plant Bug - Adelphocoris lineolatus

Scentless Plant Bug (Rhopalidae) ? - Adelphocoris lineolatus

unknown plant bug - Adelphocoris lineolatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Cimicomorpha

Superfamily Miroidea

Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Subfamily Mirinae

Tribe Mirini

Genus Adelphocoris

Species lineolatus (Alfalfa Plant Bug)

Explanation of Names

Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze 1778)

Size

7-9 mm

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (ME-ON-AB to NC-CO)(1)

Habitat

fields, grassy areas; adults are attracted to light

Season

adults present from late May to late October in the northeast

Food

nymphs and adults feed on legumes [incl. alfalfa (Medicago sativa), crownvetch (Securigera varia)] and grasses(2)

Life Cycle

two or more generations per year

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Remarks

earliest NA record: NS 1917(1)

nymphs are parasitized by the braconid wasps Peristenus conradi and P. pallipes, which have been used to control of A. lineolatus in ne. US

See Also

Ilnacora malina | Stenotus binotatus

Print References

Loan C.C. (1980) Plant bug hosts of some euphorine parasites near Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Le Naturaliste Canadien 107: 87-93 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Alien true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Canada: composition and adaptations Scudder G.G.E., Foottit R.G. 2006. Can. Entomol. 138: 24-51.

2.	An annotated list of the Miridae of West Virginia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) A.G. Wheeler Jr., T.J. Henry, T.L. Mason Jr. 1983. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109:127–159.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 July, 2006 - 9:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2014 - 5:31pm

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