noun. Any of various soft-bodied scale insects covered with a white powdery substance, especially of the family Pseudococcidae, some of which are destructive to ornamental and agricultural plants.

noun. Any of several homopteran scale insects (as, Coccus adonidum, and related species of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae), that cover themselves with a white powderlike or cottony wax secretion. They are common plant-eating pests in hothouses and are also destructive of fruit trees.

noun. Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.

noun. scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

noun. scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

"But new insects, including one called a mealybug, not known as cotton pests, have emerged, causing significant economic losses,"

mealy bug  

coccid insect  

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