San Jose scale
San Jose scale · San Jose scales
A hemipterous insect that damages many fruit cropsA hemipterous insect (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus) that damages many fruit crops.
Meaning
1 sensesA hemipterous insect (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus) that damages many fruit crops.
small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees
Forms
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees:Aspidiotus perniciosus