plant bug

plant bug

n. Any of numerous heteropteran insects of the family Miridae that feed on plant sap, many of which are agricultural pests.

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plant bug - small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juicesleaf bughemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosiscapsid, mirid, mirid bug - a variety of leaf buglace bug - small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines