Definition of Apple aphid

1. Noun. Bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves.

Exact synonyms: Aphis Pomi, Green Apple Aphid
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

apple-corer
apple-corers
apple-green
apple-john
apple-johns
apple-pie
apple-pie bed
apple-pie beds
apple-pie order
apple-polish
apple-polisher
apple-sauce
apple-squire
apple-squires
apple-wife
apple aphid
apple aphis
apple blight
apple blossom
apple blossoms
apple bobbing
apple borer
apple brandies
apple brandy
apple cake
apple canker
apple cider
apple core
apple does not fall far from the stem

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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