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lecanium scale [1 record]

Record 1 1994-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

a scale that infests fruit trees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Nom générique de nombreuses cochenilles nuisibles. (Type de la famille des lécanidés, du sous-ordre des homoptères sternorynques.)

CONT

Le lecanium est parfois appelé pou des écorces. Il se fixe sur les écorces et les feuilles de diverses essences cultivées, et laisse exsuder un liquide mielleux sur lequel se développe la moisissure nommée fumagine.

Spanish

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