Homoptera

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Noun 1. [画像:Homoptera - plant lice (aphids)]Homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
animal order - the order of animals
Hemiptera, order Hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)
homopteran, homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
Coccoidea, superfamily Coccoidea - scale insects and mealybugs
Cercopidae, family Cercopidae - froghoppers or spittlebugs
family Jassidae, Jassidae - family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications
family Membracidae, Membracidae - plant hoppers: treehoppers
family Fulgoridae, Fulgoridae - plant hoppers: lantern flies
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Polyol metabolism in homopterans at high temperatures: accumulation of mannitol in aphids (Aphididae: Homoptera) and sorbitol in whiteflies (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera).
Shifting the Balance: Heat Stress Challenges the Symbiotic Interactions of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera, Liviidae)
Lizards from Jalisco, fed mainly on homopterans, coleopterans, hymenopteran, orthopterans and isopterans (Medica & Arndt, 1976).
COMPOSICION DE LA DIETA DE SCELOPORUS HORRIDUS HORRIDUS (SAURIA: PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) EN BOSQUE TROPICAL CADUCIFOLIO, MEXICO
2013) and their adult diet consists primarily of lepidopteran larvae and homopterans (Sample et al.
Cerulean warbler territory size is influenced by prey-rich tree abundance
(2005) for references and additional examples), and there are also ant species that herd, protect, and breed mutualistic aphids and other homopterans (Holldolber & Wilson, 1990; Schultz & McGlynn, 2000).
Evolution and classification of Cannabis sativa (marijuana, hemp) in relation to human utilization
The presence and availability of different metabolite groups in EFNs may serve as attractive and nutritional supplements for different insects, such as hymenopterans (ants and others) and homopterans, a well-discussed fact in the literature (NOGUEIRA et al., 2012).
Distribution and structural aspects of extrafloral nectaries in leaves of Pyrostegia venusta (Bignoniaceae)/Distribuicao e aspectos estruturais de nectarios extraflorais em folhas de Pyrostegia venusta (Bignoniaceae)
Other supplemental methods, including the use of entomotoxic proteins were introduced in crop protection; due to resistance of some insect pests to repeated Bt toxin applications and none affected Homopterans pests by Bt toxins [13, 14, 15, 16, 17].
Application of the flour of four leguminous crops for the control of Tenebrionidae Beetle (Tribolium castaneum--Herbst)
2009), Curculionidae (Reding & Ranger 2011), and Scarabaeidae (Koppenhofer & Fuzy 2008)]; Homopterans [Delphacidae (Wang et al.
Baseline susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci, Biotype B (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) to Chlorantraniliprole in Southern Florida
marmorata consumed isopterans most often (65 and 78%, respectively), followed by homopterans (33 and 22%), coleopterans (30 and 56%), orthopterans (27 and 33%), and arachnids (20 and 44%).
Comparison of diets of two syntopic lizards, Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata (Teiidae), from the northern Chihuahuan Desert of Texas
These included crab spiders, hemipterans, homopterans, and ladybird beetles.
Variation among four populations of erysimum capitatum in phenotype, pollination and herbivory over an elevational gradient
5- Trophobionts: includes arthropods (such as homopterans) that provide the ants with food in the form of honeydew or other nutritive secretions and in return are protected and transported by the ants.
Observations on Mites (Arachnida: Acari) Associated with Three Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia
The biology of the larval stages is quite variable, but most species of the subfamily Syrphinae are predators of homopterans (Hemiptera) and other small, soft-bodied arthropods that feed on plants, especially those that live in aggregations (Rotheray 1993, Rotheray & Gilbert 1999).
A fly larva (Syrphidae: Ocyptamus) that preys on adult flies
Not all ladybirds are brightly coloured and not all of them feed on homopterans. Some feed on spider mites and others on mildews and moulds and some, amongst the larger species of the family, are plant feeders and may be important agricultural pests themselves.
Records of the phytophagous ladybird Henosepilachna elaterii orientalis (Zimmerman, 1936) from the Al Ain/Buraimi area of the UAE and Oman (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

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