1. (noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

• mealybug

1. (noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

• citrophilous mealybug
• citrophilus mealybug
• pseudococcus fragilis
• citrus mealybug
• planococcus citri
• comstock mealybug
• comstock's mealybug
• pseudococcus comstocki

1. (noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

• coccid insect

1. (noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

• family pseudococcidae
• pseudococcidae