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 and 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