citricola scaleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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citricola scale (複数形 citricola scales)

1. Coccus pseudomagnoliarum, a pest of citrus.
   • 1932, Citrus Leaves, volume 12, page 14, column 1:

     Many experiments were also made on the control of red, black, and citricola scales, the spraying being done with the Experiment Station sprayer.

   • 1948, Alfred M. Boyce, “Insects and Mites and Their Control”, in Leon Dexter Batchelor and Herbert John Webber, editors, The Citrus Industry: Volume II: The Production of the Crop, Berkeley, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, group I, section “Scale Insects”, subsection “Citrcola Scale, Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuw.)”, page 721:

     As a citrus pest, the citricola scale is at present limited to California.

   • 1990, Mary Louise Flint, “Common Insects, Mites, Other Arthropods, Snails and Slugs”, in Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower’s Guide to Using Less Pesticide, section “Citricola Scale: Coccus pseudomagnoliarum”, page 110:

     Description. Citricola scales look similar to brown soft scales except immature scales are mottled dark brown and mature ones are gray. However, the citricola scale has only one generation a year, so usually only one life stage is found at a time.

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