genus pseudococcus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Pseudococcidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, pseudococcus fragilis,
definition	:	destructive especially to citrus (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	comstock mealybug, comstock's mealybug, pseudococcus comstocki,
definition	:	Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pseudococcidae, pseudococcidae,
definition	:	scalelike insects: mealybugs (noun.animal)