- lace|bug
- lace|bug «LAYS BUHG», noun.a sucking insect with lacelike markings on the body and wings. It sucks the juices of broadleaf evergreens.
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lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc. [1890 95] * * * ▪ insect any of about 800 species of insects (order… … Universalium
lace bug — noun small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines • Hypernyms: ↑leaf bug, ↑plant bug • Member Holonyms: ↑Tingidae, ↑family Tingidae * * * noun : any of the small bugs that constitute the large hemipterous family… … Useful english dictionary
olive lace bug — noun : a lace bug (Froggattia olivina) injurious to olives in Australia … Useful english dictionary
oak lace bug — noun : a bug (Corythucha arcuata) of the family Tingidae that feeds on No. American oaks … Useful english dictionary
sycamore lace bug — noun : a tingid bug (Corythucha ciliata) that is a serious pest on sycamores in No. America … Useful english dictionary
plant bug — noun small bright colored insect that feeds on plant juices • Syn: ↑leaf bug • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron • Hyponyms: ↑mirid bug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
leaf bug — noun small bright colored insect that feeds on plant juices • Syn: ↑plant bug • Hypernyms: ↑hemipterous insect, ↑bug, ↑hemipteran, ↑hemipteron • Hyponyms: ↑mirid bug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lacebug — lace bug n. Any of several insects of the family Tingidae, predominantly grayish and rectangular, with a lacelike pattern of ridges on the thorax, head, and wings. * * * … Universalium
heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… … Universalium
Tingidae — Taxobox name = Tingidae regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera subordo = Heteroptera familia = TingidaeTingidae is a family of very small [2 10 mm] insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as… … Wikipedia
