Definition of Genus Gelechia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms.

Exact synonyms: Gelechia
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae
Member holonyms: Gelechia Gossypiella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gelechia

genus Garcinia
genus Gardenia
genus Garrulus
genus Gasterophilus
genus Gastroboletus
genus Gastrocybe
genus Gastrolobium
genus Gastrophryne
genus Gaultheria
genus Gavia
genus Gavialis
genus Gaylussacia
genus Gazania
genus Gazella
genus Geastrum
genus Gelechia (current term)
genus Gelsemium
genus Gempylus
genus Genetta
genus Genipa
genus Genista
genus Genlisea
genus Gentiana
genus Gentianella
genus Gentianopsis
genus Genyonemus
genus Geochelone
genus Geococcyx
genus Geoffroea
genus Geoglossum

Literary usage of Genus Gelechia

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

1. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1850)
"Critical Remarks on Dr. Badham's " Insect Life."—Trans. Entom. Soc. IV. p. 286. 6. On the British species of the genus Gelechia of Zeller.—Trans. Entom. ..."

2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1871)
"Remarks on the genus Gelechia, as subdivided by Von Heinemann, in his " Schmetterlinge Deutschlands und der Schweiz," zweite Abtheilung, Band ii. Heft 1. ..."

3. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1870)
"... especially of the large genus Gelechia. These insects shelter themselves during the day at the roots of the rough grasses and stunted plants that grow ..."

4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by American Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1864)
"The genus Gelechia as at present constituted, is very elastic and includes a variety of slightly different forms. ..."

5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"It is thus only •with the old genus Gelechia that our new species can be compared. This extensive genus von Heinemann has split up into several smaller ..."

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