aleurodophagous

English

Etymology

Possibly from translingual Aleyrodidae +‎ -o- +‎ -phagous

Adjective

aleurodophagous (not comparable)

1. (very rare) That eats whitefly (of the family Aleyrodidae)
   • 2009 November, Biological Control, volume 51, number 2, page 232:

     This review surveys the literature dealing with food relationships of coccidophagous, aleurodophagous and psyllophagous coccinellids.

   • 2014, R. Canovai, “Ladybirds in Tuscan vineyards (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae”, in IOBC-WPRS, volume 105, page 241:

     Saharaoui & Gourreau (1994) list six different diets for lady beetles, which can be aphidophagous, coccidophagous, mycophagous, aleurodophagous, acarophagous and phytophagous.

Translations

Translations

• French: aleurodiphage (fr)