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aleurodophagous

aleurodophagous adjective: that eats whitefly (of the family Aleyrodidae).

Adjective

aleurodophagous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) That eats whitefly (of the family Aleyrodidae)
    • This review surveys the literature dealing with food relationships of coccidophagous, aleurodophagous and psyllophagous coccinellids.2009 November, Biological Control, volume 51, number 2, page 232
    • Saharaoui & Gourreau (1994) list six different diets for lady beetles, which can be aphidophagous, coccidophagous, mycophagous, aleurodophagous, acarophagous and phytophagous.2014, R. Canovai, “Ladybirds in Tuscan vineyards (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae”, in IOBC-WPRS, volume 105, page 241

Origin of aleurodophagous

Possibly from taxonomic name Aleyrodidae + -o- + -phagous

Questions about aleurodophagous

What does aleurodophagous mean?
Aleurodophagous means that eats whitefly (of the family Aleyrodidae).
What part of speech is aleurodophagous?
Aleurodophagous is an adjective.

Words near aleurodophagous in the dictionary

  1. aleuriospore
  2. aleuriospores
  3. aleuro-
  4. aleurodid
  5. aleurodids
  6. aleurodophagous
  7. aleurolite
  8. aleuromancy
  9. aleurometer
  10. aleurometers
  11. aleuron

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