homoptera in English

noun
1
a group of true bugs comprising those in which the forewings are uniform in texture. Plant bugs such as aphids, whitefly, scale insects, and cicadas belong to this group.
Diets of little brown myotis and eastern pipistrelles were highly diverse, consuming an even proportion of six orders of insects including Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Homoptera , Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Tricoptera.

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1. Aphids are insects in the order Homoptera, also known as plant lice

2. Aphids are insects in the order Homoptera, which are also known as plant lice

3. Cicada, any of a group of sound-producing insects (order Homoptera) that have two pairs of membranous wings, prominent compound eyes, and three simple eyes (ocelli)

4. They are to be found typically in most galls produced by gall-flies (Cynipidae), and also frequently in galls produced by mites (Acarina — Tetrapodili) or Diptera — but not in galls produced by saw-flies (Tenthredinidae) and Homoptera.

5. Cottony-CUSHION SCALE . Icerya purchasi Maskell -- Homoptera, Margarodidae (Contacts)GO TO ALL: Bio-Control Cases Native to Australia, Cottony-cushion scale is widespread throughout most subtropical and tropical areas and warmer temperate regions of the world (Kennett et al

6. Aphid, (family Aphididae), any of a group of sap-sucking, soft-bodied insects (order Homoptera) that are about the size of a pinhead, most species of which have a pair of tubelike projections (cornicles) on the abdomen