JUMPING PLANT LOUSE Definition & Meaning

jumping plant louse

any of numerous lice, of the family Psyllidae, that feed on plant juices and are sometimes pests of fruits and vegetables.

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First recorded in 1900–05

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Examples have not been reviewed.

The name is likely to be seen as an improvement on the psyllids’ more common name of jumping plant lice.

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Greening first enters the tree via the jumping plant lice known as Asian citrus psyllid.

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Researchers found that wasps and psyllids - which are jumping plant lice - are both attracted to the odor.

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They do not hop like the jumping plant lice when they are disturbed.

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The jumping plant lice are nearly related to the tree hoppers, but they do not look at all like them.

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