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citricola scale en · NOUN

Etymology

Citricola is from citr- + -cola.

Meanings

1. Coccus pseudomagnoliarum, a pest of citrus.
   • As a citrus pest, the citricola scale is at present limited to California. 1948, Alfred M. Boyce, “Insects and Mites and Their Control”, in Leon Dexter Batchelor, Herbert John Webber, editors, The Citrus Industry: Volume II: The Production of the Crop, Berkeley, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, group I, section “Scale Insects”, subsection “Citrcola Scale, Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuw.)”, page 721:
   • Description. Citricola scales look similar to brown soft scales except immature scales are mottled dark brown and mature ones are gray. However, the citricola scale has only one generation a year, so usually only one life stage is found at a time. 1990, Mary Louise Flint, “Common Insects, Mites, Other Arthropods, Snails and Slugs”, in Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower’s Guide to Using Less Pesticide, section “Citricola Scale: Coccus pseudomagnoliarum”, page 110:
   • Many experiments were also made on the control of red, black, and citricola scales, the spraying being done with the Experiment Station sprayer. 1932, Citrus Leaves, volume 12, page 14, column 1:

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