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Phytophaga
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phytophaga
Translingual
Etymology
From mul grc φυτόν plant + grc φάγος glutton, eater.
Proper noun
clade order Coleoptera almost all beetles
mul obsolete Phytophaga f genus family Cecidomyiidae now in other genera of subfamily Cecidomyiinae subfamily of gall midges, etc
Usage notes
The clade is sometimes treated as a suborder.
Hypernyms
clade ; Polyphaga suborder; Cucujiformia infraorder infraorder
Hyponyms
clade Chrysomeloidea superfamily, Curculionoidea superfamily superfamilies
References
clade of beetles
71528 Chrysomeloidea 1
mul Beetles Dipterans