mealybug

/ˈmiliˌbʌg/
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Definitions of mealybug
  1. noun
    scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
    synonyms: mealy bug
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    types:
    Pseudococcus fragilis, citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug
    destructive especially to citrus
    Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki
    Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
    Planococcus citri, citrus mealybug
    feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus
    type of:
    coccid insect
    scale insects and mealybugs
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