jumping plant louse

English

Psylla alni

Noun

jumping plant louse (plural jumping plant lice)

1. A psyllid, any species of the family Psyllidae of plant-feeding insects.
   • 1983, R. H. Richens, Elm, page 64:

     Two European leaf feeders, the jumping plant louse Psylla ulmi and the aphid Tinocallis platani,. are both normally restricted to Ulmus laevis.

   • 1997, I. Faridah Hanum, L.J.G Van der Maesen, editors, PROSEA : Plant Resources of South-East Asia, 11: Auxiliary Plants, page 179:

     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.

   • 2011, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Bacteria: The Benign, the Bad, and the Beautiful, page 40:

     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.

Synonyms

• (any species of family Psyllidae): psyllid

Translations

psyllid — see psyllid