bark louse

名词 n.

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名词 n.

Any insect of the family Coccidae, that infest the bark of trees and vines. obsolete

— Housed plants are considerably injured by an oval bark-louse, the Coccus Hesperidum of Linnæus, which has been introduced from abroad.
Any insect of the order Psocoptera, that live on or near trees and feed on algae and lichen.

— Another group of insects that tend to be very secretive in their habits and were very well represented in the ancient forest are the bark lice, or psocids.⁶⁸ Bark lice (90) are usually solitary, but sometimes the adults and nymphs live together under webs spun out of silk emitted from head glands. They are found not only in litter but, as their name implies, on and under bark.

bark lice plural bark-louse alternative