梨茎蜂

梨莖蜂
líjīngfēng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pear shoot sawfly (Janus piri)
  2. 2 wood-boring sawfly whose larvae tunnel into pear twigs

Examples

Líjīngfēng shì líyuán chángjiàn de hàichóng.
The pear shoot sawfly is a common pest in pear orchards.
Líjīngfēng yòuchóng zuān jìn nènzhī, shǐ zhītiáo kūwěi.
Pear shoot sawfly larvae bore into young shoots, causing the twigs to wither.

Tips

memory
(pear) + (stem) + (bee-like insect): a sawfly that attacks pear stems. The name tells you both host and damage site.

Stroke Order

jīng
fēng