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alata, n. Ent.|əˈlɑːtə|
Pl. alatae.
[f. mod.L. migrans ālāta winged migrating (generation) (adopted by O. Nüsslin 1903, in Naturwiss. Zeitschr. für Land- und Forstwirtschaft I. 27), f. L. ālāta, fem. of ālātus winged: see alate a.]
A winged female aphid.
1922Proc. Acadian Entomol. Soc. 1921 vii. 10 In the case of..monophagous species.., the control of the production of alatae was even more perfect. 1938Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. LXXXVII. 166 During July the alatae become increasingly scarce and finally disappear. 1992Finch & Thompson in R. G. McKinlay Vegetable Crop Pests iv. 88 In mid-May alatae disperse to colonise new host plants on which further batches of apterae and, later, alatae are produced parthenogenetically. |