kĩhuruta
- borer, pest insect. Borer. An insect pest, especially larvae that bore into plant tissues such as coffee berries, mango fruits, or cabbage stems, causing damage.
Example: Kĩhuruta kĩa mbegũ kĩhũranagwo nakĩo atĩa? (How do you manage berry moth?); Njĩra ya kĩmerera nĩkũhũthĩra Cephalonomia stephanoderis,mũthemba wa kĩgi, ũrĩa ũrekagĩria matumbĩ thĩinĩ wa kĩgũnyũ kĩa kĩhuruta, ũndũ ũnyihagia ihuruta. (Biological Solution is using Cephalonomia stephanoderis, a parasitoid wasp species that lays its eggs on the borer larvae, which helps to control the population of the pest.); Njĩra ĩngĩ nĩ kũhũra dawa ya Beauveria Bassiana, an entomopathongenic fungus, ĩrĩa ĩrwaragia na ĩkoraga kĩhuruta gia kahũa (Another option is using sprays of Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic fungus that naturally infects and kills the coffee berry borer.); Njĩra ya kĩmerera nĩkũhũthĩra Cephalonomia stephanoderis,mũthemba wa kĩgi, ũrĩa ũrekagĩria matumbĩ thĩinĩ wa kĩgũnyũ kĩa kĩhuruta, ũndũ ũnyihagia ihuruta. (Biological Solution is using Cephalonomia stephanoderis, a parasitoid wasp species that lays its eggs on the borer larvae, which helps to control the population of the pest.); Ihinda-inĩ rĩrĩ, ihuruta nĩtuo tũtambi twamwanya ũrĩmi-inĩ wa mũembe tũrĩa tũbatiĩ kũrũo na tũo. (Fruit flies are currently the most important pests of mangoes.); Ihuruta njerũ (• Whiteflies)