trehala

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tre·ha·la

(trĭ-hä′lə)

A sugarlike, edible substance obtained from the pupal case of any of several weevils of the genus Larinus of the Middle East.

[New Latin trehāla, from Ottoman Turkish tīqāla, from Persian tīghāl.]

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trehala

(trɪˈhɑːlə)

(Cookery) an edible sugary substance obtained from the pupal cocoon of an Asian weevil, Larinus maculatus

[C19: from Turkish tīgāla, from Persian tīghāl]

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Trehala are unusual insect pupal chambers that are sweet and have been used as human food (Pierce 1915).

A recent ecological research project conducted in eastern Turkey revealed that larvae of Conorhynchus hololeucus (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) create structures similar to the trehala of Larinus.