Definition of Sitotroga

1. Noun. Grain moths.

Exact synonyms: Genus Sitotroga
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae
Member holonyms: Angoumois Grain Moth, Angoumois Moth, Sitotroga Cerealella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitotroga

Sisymbrium barbarea
Sisymbrium officinale
Sisymbrium tanacetifolia
Sisyphean
Sisyphism
Sisyphus
Sisyphusean
Sisyridae
Sisyrinchium
Sita
Sitka
Sitka spruce
Sitka willow
Sitophylus
Sitophylus oryzae
Sitotroga
Sitotroga cerealella
Sitsang
Sitta
Sitta canadensis
Sitta carolinensis
Sitta europaea
Sittidae
Sitting Bull
Sitwell
Sitwellian
Sitzfleisch
Sium
Sium latifolium
Sium sisarum

Literary usage of Sitotroga

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

1. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1898)
"... arrangements are hardly practicable except in garden cultivation or on small plots. CORN. Angoumois Moth; Fly Weevil (USA). cerealella, Oliv. sitotroga ..."

2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"The Angoumois Grain Moth (sitotroga cerealella Oliv.).—This little insect, a native of Europe where it was extremely injurious in the French province of ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1896)
"... Mr. KM Webster described a parasite of the Angoumois grain moth (sitotroga ... the former is undoubtedly a primary parasite of sitotroga and has always ..."

4. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1895)
"Injuries of sitotroga cerealella.. PAAREN, NH Scab in sheep. <Prairie Farmer, 5 June, 1880, v. 51, p. 181. Means against.. PACKARD, ALPHEUS SPRING. ..."

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