Comstock mealybug

Comstock mealybug
noun
Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
• Hypernyms: ↑mealybug, ↑mealy bug
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudococcus, ↑genus Pseudococcus

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noun or comstock's mealybug
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: after John H. Comstock died 1931 American entomologist
: an Asiatic mealybug (Pseudococcus comstocki) introduced accidentally into No. America where it is a pest of various cultivated trees (as citrus and apples)

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  • Comstock's mealybug — noun Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees • Syn: ↑Comstock mealybug, ↑Pseudococcus comstocki • Hypernyms: ↑mealybug, ↑mealy bug • Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudococcus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mealybug — noun scalelike plant eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees • Syn: ↑mealy bug • Hypernyms: ↑coccid insect • Hyponyms: ↑citrophilous mealybug, ↑citrophilus mealybug, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pseudococcus — noun type genus of the Pseudococcidae • Syn: ↑genus Pseudococcus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudococcidae, ↑family Pseudococcidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mealy bug — noun scalelike plant eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees • Syn: ↑mealybug • Hypernyms: ↑coccid insect • Hyponyms: ↑citrophilous mealybug, ↑citrophilus mealybug, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Pseudococcus — noun type genus of the Pseudococcidae • Syn: ↑Pseudococcus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudococcidae, ↑family Pseudococcidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pseudococcus comstocki — noun Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees • Syn: ↑Comstock mealybug, ↑Comstock s mealybug • Hypernyms: ↑mealybug, ↑mealy bug • Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudococcus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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