lerpn.

/ləːrp/

Forms: Also laap, leurp.

Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language.

A sweet secretion, or the scales formed from it, produced by larvæ of jumping plant-lice of the family Psyllidæ on the leaves of eucalypts and other plants. More fully lerp manna. Also attributive.

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1848 W. Westgarth Austral. Felix vi. 73 The natives of the Wimmera prepare a luscious drink from the laap.

1878 R. B. Smyth Aborigines Victoria I. 211 Lerp.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 493/2 The Lerp manna of Australia is of animal origin.

1907 W. W. Froggatt Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) 363 Their popular name of ‘Lerp Insects’ [comes] from the habit of the larvae of many species of forming ‘lerp scales’, shell-like protective coverings formed from exudations from the insects.

1945 K. C. McKeown Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) 104 The Psyllidae, or Lerp-insects, form an important group in Australia.

1945 K. C. McKeown Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) 106 In its immature stages the insect lives as a squat little larva or nymph beneath the lerp-scale.

1962 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 87 283 The encyrtid parasites described in this paper form one of the lesser groups of parasites of lerp-forming psyllids on eucalypts.

1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 290/2 Lerp-insects, a large and common group of jumping plant-lice..which suggest miniature cicadas... Some of them give themselves, through sugary exudations, protective and often picturesque coverings known as lerp scales.

1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 479/2 The lerp scales secreted by the larvae are often of beautiful design and characteristic of the species.

1970 T. E. Woodward et al. in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxvi. 418/2 Lerp formation has probably evolved because of the need to protect the nymphs from desiccation.

1970 T. E. Woodward et al. in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxvi. 419/1 Most species of Glycaspis and Lasiopsylla are lerp-builders, but some form large bubble-shaped galls with an orifice at the base plugged with the same waxy or sugary material as is used by other species to build lerps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lerp
释义	lerpn. /ləːrp/ Forms: Also laap, leurp. Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language. A sweet secretion, or the scales formed from it, produced by larvæ of jumping plant-lice of the family Psyllidæ on the leaves of eucalypts and other plants. More fully lerp manna. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Psyllidae > secretion produced by larvae manna1808 lerp1848 1848 W. Westgarth Austral. Felix vi. 73 The natives of the Wimmera prepare a luscious drink from the laap. 1878 R. B. Smyth Aborigines Victoria I. 211 Lerp. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 493/2 The Lerp manna of Australia is of animal origin. 1907 W. W. Froggatt Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) 363 Their popular name of ‘Lerp Insects’ [comes] from the habit of the larvae of many species of forming ‘lerp scales’, shell-like protective coverings formed from exudations from the insects. 1945 K. C. McKeown Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) 104 The Psyllidae, or Lerp-insects, form an important group in Australia. 1945 K. C. McKeown Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) 106 In its immature stages the insect lives as a squat little larva or nymph beneath the lerp-scale. 1962 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 87 283 The encyrtid parasites described in this paper form one of the lesser groups of parasites of lerp-forming psyllids on eucalypts. 1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 290/2 Lerp-insects, a large and common group of jumping plant-lice..which suggest miniature cicadas... Some of them give themselves, through sugary exudations, protective and often picturesque coverings known as lerp scales. 1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 479/2 The lerp scales secreted by the larvae are often of beautiful design and characteristic of the species. 1970 T. E. Woodward et al. in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxvi. 418/2 Lerp formation has probably evolved because of the need to protect the nymphs from desiccation. 1970 T. E. Woodward et al. in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxvi. 419/1 Most species of Glycaspis and Lasiopsylla are lerp-builders, but some form large bubble-shaped galls with an orifice at the base plugged with the same waxy or sugary material as is used by other species to build lerps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1848
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