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Definition of Four-lined plant bug
1. Noun. Yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Capsid, Mirid, Mirid Bug
Group relationships: Genus Poecilocapsus, Poecilocapsus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Four-lined Plant Bug
Literary usage of Four-lined plant bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic Entomology for the Farmer and the Fruit Grower, and for Use as a by John Bernhard Smith (1906)
"... four-lined plant-bug, natural size and enlarged : also egg mass in currant,
and, at e, a single egg, greatly enlarged. or woody plants are attacked ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1905)
"These remedies would also be effective against the Colorado Potato Beetle, the
four-lined plant bug, Leaf- hoppers, and probably all other insect pests ..."
3. The Spraying of Plants: A Succinct Account of the History, Principles and by Ernest Gustavus Lodeman (1897)
"... will prove of value if properly applied. Whale-oil soap has also been recommended.
DAHLIA. Four-lined Plant-bug. See under CURRANT. Green Lettuce-worm. ..."
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