Definition of Aleyrodes

1. Noun. Type genus of the Aleyrodidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Aleyrodes
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Aleyrodidae, Family Aleyrodidae
Member holonyms: Citrus Whitefly, Dialeurodes Citri

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aleyrodes

Alexandria
Alexandria senna
Alexandrian
Alexandrian laurel
Alexandrian senna
Alexandrina
Alexandrine
Alexandros
Alexandroupoli
Alexia
Alexis
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexius
Aleyrodes (current term)
Aleyrodidae
Alezzandrini's syndrome
Alfie
Alfonsine
Alfonso
Alfonso Borgia
Alfonzo
Alford plea
Alford pleas
Alfred
Alfred Alistair Cooke
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Alfred Binet
Alfred Charles Kinsey

Literary usage of Aleyrodes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1903)
"It is probable that the difficulty with which most species of Aleyrodes live through severe winters explains their comparative scarcity. ..."

2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"Typical Life History of a White Fly (Aleyrodes citri, Riley & Howard.^ This species, which is the only form of any great economic importance in the group ..."

3. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1906)
"... soap to 1 gallon of water will usually keep the plants clear. All cruciferous weeds should, of course, be destroyed. THE SNOW OR GHOST FLY. Aleyrodes ..."

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