Definition of Eriosoma

1. Noun. Woolly aphids.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eriosoma

Erinaceus europeaeus
Erinyes
Erinys
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya japonica
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon
Eriocaulon aquaticum
Eriodictyon californicum
Eriogonum allenii
Eriophorum
Eriophorum angustifolium
Eriophyllum
Eriophyllum lanatum
Eriophyllum wallacei
Eriosoma (current term)
Eriosoma lanigerum
Eris
Erithacus
Erithacus rubecola
Erithacus svecicus
Eritrea
Eritrean
Eritreans
Erivan
Erlang
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erlenmeyer
Erlenmeyer flask
Erlenmeyer flasks

Literary usage of Eriosoma

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

1. Annual Report on the Noxious Insects of the Province of Ontario by Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ) (1895)
"The Apple-root Plant-Louse (Eriosoma [Pemphigus] pyri, Fitch).—In many parts of the Western States, especially in Illinois, young apple-trees are affected ..."

2. First and Second Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the by Asa Fitch (1856)
"History, under the name of Eriosoma Pyri. All those Plant lice which were formerly included in Dr. Leach's genus Eriosoma, which have all the veins of the ..."

3. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1913)
"Eriosoma {Aphis) lanigera, Harris. Report on the Insects of of Mass, injurious to ... Eriosoma pyri, Fitch. Fourth Report of the NY State Cabinet of Nat. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by American Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1863)
"... of Eriosoma is SIMPLE, not FORKED. ... that they do not properly pertain to Eriosoma, I subjoin their leading generie ..."

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