English - Turkish
Definition of mealybug in English Turkish dictionary
- {i} unlu biti
- (isim) unlu biti
- sera böcek
English - English
Definition of mealybug in English English dictionary
- Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees
- scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
- Any insect of the family Pseudococcidae (order Homoptera). Not a true bug, the mealybug is covered by a white sticky powder resembling cornmeal. The females, about 0.4 in. (1 cm) long, and "crawlers" (the active young) cluster along the veins and undersides of leaves, especially of citrus trees and potted plants; the males are active two-winged fliers. Common species are the citrus mealybug (Pseudococcus citri) and the citrophilus mealybug (P. gahani)
- {i} any of several soft-bodied insects which excrete a white powdery substance
- citrophilous mealybug
- destructive especially to citrus
- citrus mealybug
- feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus
- comstock mealybug
- Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
- mealybugs
- plural of mealybug