Filling in the gaps: A reevaluation of the Lygus hesperus peptidome using an expanded de novo assembled transcriptome and molecular cloning

•Expanded peptidome encompasses 42 peptide families consisting of 386 predicted peptides.•Multiple peptides with atypical sequence motifs.•PCR-based identification of four agatoxin-like peptide (ALP) transcripts.•Near ubiquitous expression of ALPs across development and diverse tissues.•Absence of detectable ALP transcript expression in ovary and embryonic tissue.