aleurodophagous

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Etymology[edit]

Possibly from translingual Aleyrodidae +‎ -o- +‎ -phagous

Adjective[edit]

aleurodophagous (not comparable)

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

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