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PRIONOXYSTUS ROBINIAE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- carpenterworm
1, record 1, English, carpenterworm
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Key term(s)
- carpenter worm
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- charpentier des bois tendres
1, record 1, French, charpentier%20des%20bois%20tendres
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1998-10-27
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- carpenter moth
1, record 2, English, carpenter%20moth
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A member of the family Cossidae, whose larvae bore in the wood of living trees, spoiling the timber but rarely killing the host. 1, record 2, English, - carpenter%20moth
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Includes the bee-hole borer(Xyleutes ceramica) of Burma and the Far East, whose tunnels are termed bee-holes; the European goat moth(Cossus cossus) ;and the carpenter worm, the caterpillar of Prionoxystus robiniae, which tunnels in broadleaved trees, sometimes killing them. 1, record 2, English, - carpenter%20moth
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- chenille xylophage
1, record 2, French, chenille%20xylophage
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Chenille issue des lépidoptères, notamment de la famille des Cossidés et des Sessidés, qui prospère dans le bois des arbres vivants, endommageant de la sorte les tissus ligneux. 2, record 2, French, - chenille%20xylophage
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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