conchuela en · NOUN
Meanings
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Chlorochroa ligata, a stinkbug of Central America and North America.
The insect becomes freed from its old skin usually in the course of twenty or thirty minutes, although in one observation a conchuela in molting its fifth-instar skin required slightly over an hour.
1910, Austin Winfield Morrill, Plant-bugs Injurious to Cotton Bolls, page 41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conchuelas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |