psylla

[ sil-uh ]

Origin of psylla

1
<New Latin (1811) Psylla genus name <Greek psýlla flea
  • Also psyllid [sil-id]. /ˈsɪl ɪd/.

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How to use psylla in a sentence

  • The name of the plant louse that infests pear trees is the pear-tree psylla.

    The Insect Folk | Margaret Warner Morley
  • The psylla, while irregular in its outbreaks, is most damaging and hard to control when it appears.

    The Pears of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • Kieffer and related hybrids are somewhat immune to San Jose scale, but are very susceptible to psylla.

    The Pears of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • Other pests, as psylla, the scab-fungus, and codling-moth beset the pear and make profits uncertain.

    The Pears of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • The psylla is a minute, sucking insect, wingless in its immature stages, but winged and very active as an adult.

    The Pears of New York | U. P. Hedrick