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Definition of Onion louse
1. Noun. Injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco.
Exact synonyms: Onion Thrips, Thrips Tobaci
Generic synonyms: Thrip, Thripid, Thrips
Group relationships: Genus Thrips
Generic synonyms: Thrip, Thripid, Thrips
Group relationships: Genus Thrips
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onion Louse
Literary usage of Onion louse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of by Illinois State Entomologist (1908)
"as it is often called, is due to a tiny winged insect. the thrips of the onion,
sometimes incorrectly called the "onion- louse," which often appears in ..."