英语词汇“vedalia”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	vedalia
释义	vedalia Ent.\|vɪˈdeɪlɪə\| Also Vedalia. [mod.L. (E. Mulsant 1850, in Ann. de la Soc. d'Agric. de Lyon II. 901), of unkn. etym.] The ladybird Rodolia cardinalis (formerly included in the genus Vedalia), which is native to Australia but has been imported into California and elsewhere to control scale insects. 1889Insect Life II. 112 The Vedolia [sic] has multiplied in numbers and spread.1935H. T. Fernald Applied Entomol. (ed. 3) xxvi. 222 In Australia it [sc. the cottony cushion scale] had an enemy known as the Vedalia.1964Discovery Oct. 62/3 The vedalia ladybird..in less than a year had brought about the virtual elimination of the cottony cushion scale.1973P. A. Colinvaux Introd. Ecol. xxix. 410 All stages of the vedalia beetle were carnivorous.
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