Asterolecanium

noun

As·​tero·​lecanium

¦astə(ˌ)rō +

: a large genus of chiefly tropical scales including some that are pests of oaks and ornamental plantings in California compare pit scale

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from aster- + Lecanium

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