Untersuchungen zur Systematik, Biologie und Ökologie wirtschaftlich wichtiger Lygus-Arten (Hemiptera: Miridae).

Abstract

The injurious species belonging to the genus Lygus Hahn showed neither overlapping in the most important characteristics used to distinguish the species nor hybridization in the open. Hibernation took place in the imago stage, with the exception of Lygus pabulinus Linne and Lygus lucorum Meyer-Duer, which both hibernate in the egg stage. The type of oviposition is called "profoundly implanted" according to Michalk (1935). The development to the imago passed through five instars and took three of four weeks in rearing and four or five weeks in the open. All species produced two generations annually.