noun
- a viral disease of insects, especially caterpillars, characterized by the formation of polyhedral inclusion bodies in infected cells
Usage: entomology; pathology
Examples
- The nuclear polyhedrosis virus caused widespread mortality in the gypsy moth population.
- Researchers studied polyhedrosis as a potential biological control agent for pest insects.
- The caterpillars showed typical symptoms of polyhedrosis infection.
- Polyhedrosis viruses are commonly found in lepidopteran larvae.
- The outbreak of polyhedrosis helped reduce the forest pest population naturally.