phylloxera

See also: Phylloxera and phylloxéra

English

Etymology

From the original, superseded genus name Phylloxera, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈlɒksəɹə/

Noun

phylloxera (plural phylloxeras or phylloxerae)

1. An aphid, 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 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.

Synonyms

• (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae): (invalid)

Translations

aphid

• French: phylloxéra (fr) m
• Greek: φυλοξήρα f (fyloxíra)
• Hungarian: filoxéra (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: fillossera f
• Romanian: filoxeră (ro) f

Further reading

• phylloxera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia