mealybug in English

noun
1
a small, sap-sucking scale insect that is coated with a white, powdery wax that resembles meal. It forms large colonies and can be a serious pest, especially in greenhouses.

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1. The use of the mealybug Dactylopius tomentosus in eradicating the prickly - pear cactus in South India , to which we have already referred , is another instance of biological control .