Lepisma

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Noun1.Lepisma - type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfishLepisma - type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Lepisma saccharina, silverfish - silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
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Essential oil from the leaves of Cryptomeria japonica acts as a silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) repellent and insecticide.
--Eu sou uma traca, pertenco a familia dos tineidas e dos tisanuros, talvez do genero lepisma, sou aquilo que destroi pouco a pouco, nao ve o franjar das minhas asas e as unhas em forma de cascos?
One species of order Dictyoptera (Periplaneta americana) and one species of order Thysanura (Lepisma saccharine) were found through out the study period in the Lawrence garden.
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