| 单词 | vedalia | 
| 释义 | vedalian. Entomology.   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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > 			[noun]		 > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Coccinellidae > rodolia cardinalis (Australian ladybird) vedalia1889 Australian ladybird1902 1889    Insect Life 2 112  				The Vedolia [sic] has multiplied in numbers and spread. 1935    H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. 		(ed. 3)	 xxvi. 222  				In Australia it [sc. the cottony cushion scale] had an enemy known as the Vedalia. 1964    Discovery Oct. 62/3  				The vedalia ladybird..in less than a year had brought about the virtual elimination of the cottony cushion scale. 1973    P. A. Colinvaux Introd. Ecol. xxix. 410  				All stages of the vedalia beetle were carnivorous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). <  | 
	
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