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Definition of Genus eriosoma

1. Noun. Woolly aphids.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eriosoma

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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