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Definition of Pseudococcus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Pseudococcidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Pseudococcidae, Pseudococcidae
Member holonyms: Citrophilous Mealybug, Citrophilus Mealybug, Pseudococcus Fragilis, Comstock Mealybug, Comstock's Mealybug, Pseudococcus Comstocki
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudococcus
Literary usage of Pseudococcus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"From Hawaii: Pseudococcus ... From Ohio: Pseudococcus sp. on wistaria. ...
From New York: Pseudococcus sp. on Cape jessamine. ..."
2. The Coccidae of California: A Descriptive List of the Different Scale by Edward K. Carnes (1906)
"Pseudococcus longispinus Targ. Fern, Croton, Cycas revoluta, and many other plants.
Pseudococcus maritimus Ehrh _ Eriogonum latifolium. ..."
3. Rice-feeding Insects of Tropical Asia by Barclay M. Shepard, A. T. Barrion, J. A. Litsinger (1995)
"... males are rare, and reproduction occurs without mating. The powdery wax protects
the mealybugs from drying out and from natural enemies. Pseudococcus ..."
4. The Planting and Care of Shade Trees by Alfred Gaskill, John Bernhard Smith, Melville Thurston Cook, New Jersey Forest Commission (1912)
"The Maple Pseudococcus: a, the cottony masses covering the adult females on leaf;
6, young of both sexes on bark From Howard, US Dept. ..."