scale insect
type of insect that attaches itself to a plant and feeds on the leaves | ||||
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Scale insect Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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scale insect
Noun
1. small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
(hypernym) coccid insect
(hyponym) soft scale
Noun
1. small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
(hypernym) coccid insect
(hyponym) soft scale
Scale insect Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Scale insect
Any of various small insects of the superfamily Coccoidea (suborder Homoptera, order Hemiptera). Female scale insects secrete a waxy scale. They remain under this scale while sucking the juices of plants.
Any of various small insects of the superfamily Coccoidea (suborder Homoptera, order Hemiptera). Female scale insects secrete a waxy scale. They remain under this scale while sucking the juices of plants.
Scale insect Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Scale insect
The scale insects are small insects of the order Homoptera, generally classified as the superfamily Coccoidea. There are about 8,000 species of scale insects.
Most scale insects are parasites of plants, feeding on sap drawn directly from the plant's vascular system. A few species feed on fungal mats and fungi, e.g., some species in the genus Newsteadia in the family Ortheziidae. Scale insects vary dramatically in their appearance from very small organisms (1-2 mm) that occur under wax covers (some look like oyster shells), to shiny pearl-like objects (about 5 mm), to creatures covered with mealy wax. Adult female scales are almost always immobile (aside from mealybugs) and permanently attached to the plant they have parasitized. They secrete a waxy coating for defense; this coating causes them to resemble reptilian scales or fish scales, hence the name.
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