vedalia
IPA: vʌdˈeɪɫjʌ
noun
- Novius cardinalis (syns. Rodolia cardinalis, Vedalia cardinalis), a beetle once endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus.
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Examples of "vedalia" in Sentences
- The vedalia beetle and a parasitoid fly were introduced to control the pest.
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