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Rodolia

noun
Ro·​do·​lia | \ rōˈdōlyə\

Definition of Rodolia

: a genus of predaceous ladybugs including the vedalia

History and Etymology for Rodolia

borrowed from New Latin, of unknown origin

Note: Name introduced by the French entomologist Étienne Mulsant (1797-1880), in the monograph Species des coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes (usually cited as 2. série, tome 2 [1850] of the Annales of the Société nationale d’Agriculture de Lyon), pp. 901-02. See note at Vedalia .

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