Locusta


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locusta

(ləʊˈkʌstə)
n
(Botany) botany the spikelet of grasses
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Noun1.locusta - a genus of AcrididaeLocusta - a genus of Acrididae      
genus Locusta
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Acrididae, family Acrididae, family Locustidae, Locustidae - short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
Locusta migratoria, migratory locust - Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation
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Locusta and Agrippina, living at the same time, were an exception, and proved the determination of providence to effect the entire ruin of the Roman empire, sullied by so many crimes.
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2004) X X Glutophrissa drusilla (Cramer, 1777) X X X Pieriballia mandela locusta (Felder, 1861) X X Perrybris malenka bogotana (Butler, 1858) X X NYMPHALOIDEA/Heliconiinae Dione juno juno (Cramer, 1779) X X X Dryas iulia iulia (Fabricius, 1775) X X Eueides vibilia vialis Stichel, 1903 X Eueides aliphera aliphera (Godart, 1789) X X X Heliconius erato venus (Staudinger, 1882) X X Heliconius cydno zelinde (Butler, 1869) X X X Heliconius charitonia (L., 1767) X X Heliconius clysonimus f.
Biodiversidad y mariposas en una region del alto Choco, San Jose del Palmar, Colombia
(1973) Fucosterol-24,28-epoxide and 28-oxo-[beta]-sitosterol as possible intermediates in the conversion of [beta]-sitosterol into cholesterol in the locust Locusta migratoria L.
Reminiscences of research on the chemistry and biology of natural sterols in insects, plants and humans
(SHIMIZU, 1988) and halting spermatocyte cell division in Locusta migratoria L.
Sublethal effect of neem extract on Mediterranean fruit fly adults/Efeito subletal de extratos de Azadirachta indica sobre adultos de Ceratitis capitata
Locusta migratoria [mhashu], the adult is roasted and consumed.
A survey on entomophagy prevalence in Zimbabwe
Loftus, "The structure of bimodal chemo-, thermo-, and hygroreceptive sensilla on the antenna of Locusta migratoria," Cell and Tissue Research, vol.
Comparative analysis and systematic mapping of the labial sensilla in the nepomorpha (Heteroptera: Insecta)
These predatory fish, in turn, reduce numbers of Grammarus locusta, herbivorous crustaceans which are effective grazers that normally control the filamentous algae.
Study: Loss of Species Makes Nature More Sensitive to Climate Change
A significant difference between molecular mass determination on SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF for two trypsin-like from the midgut of Locusta migratoria was also described (LAM et al., 2000).
Purification of a membrane-bound trypsin-like enzyme from the gut of the velvetbean caterpillar (Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner)/Purificacao de uma enzima "tipo tripsina" nao-soluvel do intestino da lagarta da soja (Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner)

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