phylloxera

See also Phylloxera

English [edit]

Scientific Latin (as genus name), from phyllo- + Ancient Greek ξηρός (xeros, “dry”).

phylloxera (plural phylloxerae)

An aphid, of the genus Phylloxera, that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this aphid. [from 19th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 32:
  
  thirty-five years later the coming of phylloxera to France launched the Algerian wine industry, and by the mid-twentieth century it had grown to be one of the Mediterranean's biggest producers.

aphid