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jumping plant louse en · NOUN

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1. Synonym of psyllid.
   • For instance, the psyllids, also known as jumping plant lice, contain compartments in their cells that can be recognized as Proteobacteria from the DNA they contain. 2011, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Bacteria: The Benign, the Bad, and the Beautiful, page 40:
   • Two European leaf feeders, the jumping plant louse Psylla ulmi and the aphid Tinocallis platani,. are both normally restricted to Ulmus laevis. 1983, R. H. Richens, Elm, page 64:
   • However, since then devastating effects of the leucaena psyllid (Heteropsylla cubana), a tiny jumping plant louse, have been experienced in many areas where leucaena is grown. 1997, I. Faridah Hanum, L.J.G Van der Maesen, editors, PROSEA : Plant Resources of South-East Asia, 11: Auxiliary Plants, page 179:

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psyllid

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