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title: "Alfalfa Plant Bug"
description: "Adelphocoris lineolatus — Insetos e aranhas. Adelphocoris lineolatus, is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug, and belongs to the family Miridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/alfalfa-plant-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Alfalfa Plant Bug

> Adelphocoris lineolatus — Insetos e aranhas. Adelphocoris lineolatus, is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug, and belongs to the family Miridae.

- Scientific name: *Adelphocoris lineolatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `farm` (Quinta)
- iNaturalist observations: 16177
- Wikidata: [Q2824296](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2824296)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84508](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84508)

## Names

- en: Alfalfa Plant Bug
- de: Luzernen-Zierwanze
- es: Chinche de la Alfalfa
- fr: Capside de la luzerne
- it: Adelphocoris lineatus
- pl: Ozdobnik lucernowiec

## Countries with the most observations

US (2320), CA (1964), DE (1497), FR (1262), AT (1166), RU (920), IT (613), PL (280), HU (277), ES (239), CZ (223), UA (218)

## Summary

Adelphocoris lineolatus, is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug, and belongs to the family Miridae. It is an agricultural pest causing vast amounts of damage to numerous crops, but primarily to alfalfa crops around the globe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphocoris_lineolatus

## Photo

![Alfalfa Plant Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/alfalfa-plant-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jessica Alvey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133492228

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/alfalfa-plant-bug?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).