单词 | spruce sawfly |
释义 | > as lemmasspruce sawfly spruce sawfly n. chiefly North American any of various sawflies, esp. of the genera Gilpinia and Pikonema, having larvae which feed on the needles of spruce trees; also with distinguishing word. ΚΠ 1881 A. S. Packard Insects Injurious to Forest & Shade Trees (U.S. Entomol. Comm. Bull. No. 7) 234 (heading) The spruce saw-fly. Lophyrus abietis... Occurring infrequently and not gregariously in Maine late in August on the spruce. 1941 Science 24 Jan. 82/1 Most of the spruce in parts of eastern Canada has been killed by the European spruce saw-fly (Diprion polytomum). 2001 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 12 July g4 A closer look revealed..yellow-headed spruce sawflies individually munching on needles, one at a time from tip to base. < as lemmas |
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