phylloxera

Meaning

Noun

• An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (species) of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this insect.

Related

Similar words

• Phylloxera vastatrix (species) (invalid)

Origin

• From the original, superseded genus name Phylloxera, New Latin, from Ancient Greek φύλλον + ξηρός.