Definition of Tetranychidae

1. Noun. Plant-feeding mites.

Exact synonyms: Family Tetranychidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Acarina, Order Acarina
Member holonyms: Spider Mite, Tetranychid, Genus Panonychus, Panonychus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetranychidae

Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis articulata
Tetradite
Tetradites
Tetragonia
Tetragonia expansa
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Tetragoniaceae
Tetragonurus
Tetragrammaton
Tetrahymena
Tetrameres
Tetraneuris
Tetraneuris acaulis
Tetraneuris grandiflora
Tetranychidae (current term)
Tetrao
Tetrao urogallus
Tetraodontidae
Tetraonidae
Tetrapturus
Tetratrichomonas
Tetris
Tetris effect
Tetrises
Tetrislike
Tettigoniidae
Tetum
Teucrian
Teucrium

Literary usage of Tetranychidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"However, carbaryl consistently produced significantly higher densities of Tetranychidae and lower densities of A. fallacis and Z. mali than BA, ..."

2. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"These are the Tetranychidae or "red-spiders" and the ... The Tetranychidae (Tet-ra-nych'i-da;) are of considerable economic importance on account of their ..."

3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"... vitis) still continues to be a very troublesome pest in some of our table grape sections. The red spiders and mites (Tetranychidae and ..."

4. Annual Report by Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"Notwithstanding its popular name, this pest is in reality not a spider at all, but a tiny mite belonging to the family Tetranychidae. It was first described ..."

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