vedalia (English, noun)
expansion: vedalia (plural vedalias)
Senses:
glosses: Novius cardinalis (syns. Rodolia cardinalis, Vedalia cardinalis), a ladybird beetle endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus.
Forms:
form: vedalias
tags: plural