单词 | coccid insect |
释义 | coccid insect (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY coccid insect n scale insects and mealybugs Hypo|Hyper scale insect small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering mealy bug, mealybugscalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees soft scalean insect active in all stages wax insectany of various insects that secrete a waxy substance armored scaleinsect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female Dactylopius coccus, cochineal, cochineal insectMexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye Pseudococcus fragilis, citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybugdestructive especially to citrus Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstockiAsiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees Planococcus citri, citrus mealybugfeeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus homopteran, homopterous insect insects having membranous forewings and hind wings |
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