Definition of mealybug

meal´y`bug`   Pronunciation: mēl´ŷ`bŭg`
n.1.(Zool.) Any of several homopteran scale insects (as, Coccus adonidum, and related species of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae), that cover themselves with a white powderlike or cottony wax secretion. They are common plant-eating pests in hothouses and are also destructive of fruit trees.


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citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, citrus mealybug, coccid insect, Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, family Pseudococcidae, mealy bug, Planococcus citri, Pseudococcidae, Pseudococcus comstocki, Pseudococcus fragilis

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