---
title: "North American Tarnished Plant Bug"
description: "Lygus lineolaris — Insetos e aranhas. The tarnished plant bug (TPB), Lygus lineolaris, is a species of plant-feeding insect in the family Miridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/north-american-tarnished-plant-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# North American Tarnished Plant Bug

> Lygus lineolaris — Insetos e aranhas. The tarnished plant bug (TPB), Lygus lineolaris, is a species of plant-feeding insect in the family Miridae.

- Scientific name: *Lygus lineolaris*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `farm` (Quinta)
- iNaturalist observations: 24009
- Wikidata: [Q7686422](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7686422)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84507](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84507)

## Names

- en: North American Tarnished Plant Bug
- es: Chinche opaca de las plantas
- fr: Punaise terne

## Countries with the most observations

US (4606), CA (1662), MX (13), BM (4)

## Summary

The tarnished plant bug (TPB), Lygus lineolaris, is a species of plant-feeding insect in the family Miridae. It has piercing-sucking mouthparts and has become a serious pest on small fruits and vegetables in North America. It is considered a highly polyphagous species and feeds on over half of all commercially grown crop plants, but favors cotton, alfalfa, beans, stone fruits, and conifer seedlings. A study done in southwestern Quebec, Canada has investigated the presence of L. lineolaris in a commercial vineyard. This study also indicated that weeds that grow from cultivation of crops serve as an important food source…

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

## Photo

![North American Tarnished Plant Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/north-american-tarnished-plant-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: askalotl · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37211597

## Machine access

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