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Definition of Apple aphid
1. Noun. Bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves.
Generic synonyms: Aphid
Group relationships: Aphis, Genus Aphis
Definition of Apple aphid
1. Noun. A bright green aphid, ''Aphis pomi'', that feeds on the leaves of apple trees, causing disfigurement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apple Aphid
Literary usage of Apple aphid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Apple. APHID» or PLANT-LICE.—There are three species which commonly attack the
opening buds and leave« of apple,— the leaf aphis (Aphis pomi), ..."
2. Pest Management and Food Production: Looking to the Future by Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, David F. Nygaard (1998)
"... and secondary pests, including cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, cotton aphid,
cotton loopers, European red mites, San Jose scale, and rosy apple aphid. ..."
3. The Essentials of Agriculture by Henry Jackson Waters (1915)
"The green melon louse and the brown plum louse are common, and occasionally the
apple aphid is so ..."
4. The Life-story of Insects: By Geo. H. Carpenter by George Herbert Carpenter (1913)
"apple aphid (Aphis pomi), virgin females, a, wingless; b, winged. Magnified 20
times. aphids. The autumn males and egg-laying females are, for example, ..."
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