related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants
planthopper
Noun
related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants
pale chrysanthemum aphid
Noun
important pest of chrysanthemums
psocopterous insect
Noun
small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs
psocid
Noun
small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
pine leaf aphid
Noun
a variety of adelgid
poinsettia strain
Noun
a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
plecopteran
Noun
primitive winged insect with a flattened body
purple emperor
Noun
large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple
peacock butterfly
Noun
European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
potato moth
Noun
greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
potato tuber moth
Noun
greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
pierid
Noun
any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
pierid butterfly
Noun
any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
potato tuberworm
Noun
larva of potato moth
pyralid
Noun
usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests
pyralid moth
Noun
usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests
painted beauty
Noun
American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
potato worm
Noun
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants
pink bollworm
Noun
larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia
pupa
Noun
an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
phoronid
Noun
hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom
polyphemus moth
Noun
very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings
pernyi moth
Noun
a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
polyzoa
Noun
marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
polyzoan
Noun
sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles
peanut worm
Noun
small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut
pine vole
Noun
short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
pine mouse
Noun
short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
pocket mouse
Noun
any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
prairie vole
Noun
typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
plains pocket mouse
Noun
small rodent of open areas of United States plains states
phenacomys
Noun
any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
polar hare
Noun
a large hare of northern North America
pika
Noun
small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
pygmy mouse
Noun
very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse
pied lemming
Noun
North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged
pocket rat
Noun
any of various rodents with cheek pouches
pouched rat
Noun
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches
plains pocket gopher
Noun
gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
packrat
Noun
any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America
packrat
Noun
a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
porcupine
Noun
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
pack rat
Noun
any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America
pack rat
Noun
someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
palfrey
Noun
especially a light saddle horse for a woman
prancer
Noun
a mettlesome or fiery horse
pony
Noun
a range horse of the western United States
pony
Noun
any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder