adelgid
Noun
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Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers (synset 102257349)
is a type of: louse, plant louse - any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plantssubtypes:
- adelges piceae, balsam woolly aphid - a variety of adelgid
- adelges abietis, spruce gall aphid - a variety of adelgid
- pine leaf aphid, pineus pinifoliae - a variety of adelgid
- woolly adelgid - an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree
belongs to: adelgidae, family adelgidae - plant lice
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