单词 | pine weevil |
释义 | > as lemmaspine weevil pine weevil n. any of several weevils of the genera Hylobius and Pissodes, most of which are pests of conifers as adults, larvae, or both; spec. (British) the Eurasian H. abietis, the larvae of which live in decaying pine stumps. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > pissodes or hylobius abietus (pine-weevil) pine weevil1817 white pine weevil1817 1817 Mass. Agric. Jrnl. 4 209 Fig. 2 and 3 represent the Rynchaenus Strobi, or White Pine Weevil of its natural size and magnified. 1862 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1861: Agric. 605 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (37th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 39) V Hylobius pales..is the common ‘pine weevil’ of the north and the south. 1968 J. Burton Oxf. Bk. Insects 190/1 Large Pine Weevil (Hylobius abietis). This pest of young pines..feeds on the tender bark of shoots. 2002 Northern Woodlands Spring 4/2 After a winter in the soil, white pine weevils are ascending..their host trees to feed and lay eggs. < as lemmas |
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