Definition of Genus Eriosoma

1. Noun. Woolly aphids.

Exact synonyms: Eriosoma
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Aphididae, Family Aphididae
Member holonyms: American Blight, Eriosoma Lanigerum, Woolly Apple Aphid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eriosoma

genus Ercilla
genus Erechtites
genus Erethizon
genus Eretmochelys
genus Erianthus
genus Erica
genus Erigeron
genus Erignathus
genus Erinaceus
genus Eriobotrya
genus Eriocaulon
genus Eriodictyon
genus Eriogonum
genus Eriophorum
genus Eriophyllum
genus Eriosoma (current term)
genus Erithacus
genus Erodium
genus Erolia
genus Eruca
genus Erwinia
genus Eryngium
genus Erysimum
genus Erysiphe
genus Erythrina
genus Erythrocebus
genus Erythronium
genus Erythroxylon
genus Erythroxylum
genus Escherichia

Literary usage of Genus Eriosoma

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

1. First and Second Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the by Asa Fitch (1856)
"All those Plant lice which were formerly included in Dr. Leach's genus Eriosoma, ... 232) published the genus Eriosoma from Dr. Leach's MSS., with the "B, ..."

2. First Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects, of the State of by Asa Fitch, New York State Agricultural Society (1855)
"All those Plant lice which were formerly included in Dr. Leach's genus Eriosoma^ which have all the veins of the wings ... 232) published the genus Eriosoma ..."

3. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"The genus Eriosoma differs in having no honey tubes, and in having only two median (discoidal) cells. The species are covered with a woolly flocculent ..."

4. The American Entomologist (1868)
"... Iowa, all without exception belong to the former genus (Eriosoma). And moreover. Dr. Fitch's insect is described as being nearly twice as large as ours. ..."

5. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Eriosoma contains Downy Plant-lice, or those which have a sort of woolly or cottony covering. ..."

6. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1912)
"Wilson, HF—Notes on the aphid genus "Eriosoma," 4, xliv, 219-220. LEPIDOPTERA. Barnes & McDunnough.—New Noctuid species, 4, xliv, 216-216 (*). ..."

7. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Eriosoma contains Downy Plant-lice, or those which have a sort of woolly or cottony covering. ..."

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