单词 | vedalia |
释义 | vedalian. Entomology. The ladybird Rodolia cardinalis (formerly included in the genus Vedalia), which is native to Australia but has been imported into California and elsewhere to control scale insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Coccinellidae > rodolia cardinalis (Australian ladybird) vedalia1889 Australian ladybird1902 1889 Insect Life 2 112 The Vedolia [sic] has multiplied in numbers and spread. 1935 H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. (ed. 3) xxvi. 222 In Australia it [sc. the cottony cushion scale] had an enemy known as the Vedalia. 1964 Discovery Oct. 62/3 The vedalia ladybird..in less than a year had brought about the virtual elimination of the cottony cushion scale. 1973 P. A. Colinvaux Introd. Ecol. xxix. 410 All stages of the vedalia beetle were carnivorous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1889 |
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