| 单词 | pine chafer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspine chafer pine chafer n. any of several chafers that feed on pine needles as adults; esp. (a) U.S. the beetle Anomala oblivia of North America, which is a pest of conifers; (b) the large Polyphylla fullo of Eurasia, the male of which has very large antennal lamellae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of genus Anomala pine chafer1872 1872 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 549/1 Pine-chafer, or Pine-beetle (Hylurgus piniperda)..is often very destructive to Scotch firs. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 435 The Pine Chafer, A. oblivia, is very similar [to the Oriental Beetle]..; it infests red, jack, and Scotch pines. 1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 149 Other important chafers include the brilliant green Rose Chafer..and the Pine Chafer (Polyphylla fullo). The latter reaches about 40mm in length. < as lemmas |
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