aleyrodid

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English

Aleyrodes lonicerae

Noun

aleyrodid (plural aleyrodids)

  1. (zoology) Any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae.
    • 2001, F. W. Howard, Insects on Palms, page 167:
      But aleyrodid pests of agricultural crops are usually highly polyphagous, and a good portion of aleyrodids on palms come from their ranks.
    • 2007, F. Szentkiràlyi, Chapter 9: Lacewings in Fruit and Nut Crops, P. K. McEwen, T. R. New, A. E. Whittington (editors), Lacewings in the Crop Environment, page 213,
      Aleyrodids produce honeydew, attracting numerous indigenous predators (Uygun et al., 1990).
    • 2012, Ivo Hodek, Edward W. Ecans, 5: Food Relationships, Ivo Hodek, A. Honek, Helmut F. van Emden, Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae), page 174,
      Among 13 natural enemies species, Har. axyridis and P. japonica were predators of the aleyrodid Bemisia tabaci in cotton fields of northern China in 2003 through 2005 (Lin et al. 2008).

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