单词 | mealy bug |
释义 | > as lemmasmealy bug mealy bug n. any of various small sap-sucking scale insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which are covered with a white waxy powder and can be serious pests, esp. in greenhouses; esp. one of the genus Pseudococcus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Pseudococcidae > member of (mealy-bug) mealy insect1815 mealy bug1824 1824 D. Douglas Jrnl. 10–11 Aug. (1914) 82 A great portion of the clusters were daubed over with mud and some with lime, to prevent the attacks of mealy-bug and..the ravages of wasps. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 573 The Mealy-bug, C. adonidum, is somewhat of a rosy hue, with the body covered with a white mealy powder. 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 502/1 The mealybug, so called from its white waxy or mealy coating, belongs to the big family of scale insects known as the Coccidae. 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 May 27/5 The Comstock Mealybug, also known as the Pseudococcus Comstocki, is a serious threat to citrus, sugar beets, grapes, apples and other crops. 1991 Amer. Hort. July 2/2 Whiskey was recommended for mealybugs, salt for cabbage lice, and common black pepper as a cure for green cabbageworms. 2000 K. M. Baker Indigenous Land Managem. W. Afr. iv. 124 Some species of ant go further in their protection of the mealy bug. They build ‘tents’ over mealy bug colonies. < as lemmas |
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