entomopathogen

Etymology

From entomo- + pathogen.

entomopathogen means anything that is pathogenic to insects. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Anything that is pathogenic to insects.“For the most part, entomopathogens have been developed as microbial insecticides for inundative augmentation, although there remains great potential in using them with inoculative augmentation, classical and conservation approaches.”