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Definition of Genus Gelechia
1. Noun. Type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae
Member holonyms: Gelechia Gossypiella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gelechia
Literary usage of Genus Gelechia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1850)
"Critical Remarks on Dr. Badham's " Insect Life."—Trans. Entom. Soc. IV. p. 286.
6. On the British species of the genus Gelechia of Zeller.—Trans. Entom. ..."
2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1871)
"Remarks on the genus Gelechia, as subdivided by Von Heinemann, in his " Schmetterlinge
Deutschlands und der Schweiz," zweite Abtheilung, Band ii. Heft 1. ..."
3. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1870)
"... especially of the large genus Gelechia. These insects shelter themselves during
the day at the roots of the rough grasses and stunted plants that grow ..."
4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by American Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1864)
"The genus Gelechia as at present constituted, is very elastic and includes a
variety of slightly different forms. ..."
5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"It is thus only •with the old genus Gelechia that our new species can be compared.
This extensive genus von Heinemann has split up into several smaller ..."
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