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whitefly
minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects
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coccid insect
scale insects and mealybugs
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louse, plant louse
any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
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cicada, cicala
stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
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spittle insect, spittlebug
small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
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leafhopper
small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
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plant hopper, planthopper
related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants
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Dialeurodes citri, citrus whitefly
whitefly that attacks citrus trees
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Trialeurodes vaporariorum, greenhouse whitefly
whitefly that inhabits greenhouses
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sweet-potato whitefly
a variety of whitefly
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scale insect
small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
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mealy bug, mealybug
scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
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aphid
any of various small plant-sucking insects
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adelgid
any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers
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Phylloxera vitifoleae, grape louse, grape phylloxera
destructive to various grape plants
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jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid
small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
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dog-day cicada, harvest fly
its distinctive song is heard during July and August
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Magicicada septendecim, periodical cicada, seventeen-year locust
North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature
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froghopper
a variety of spittlebug
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Philaenus spumarius, meadow spittlebug
North American insect that severely damages grasses
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pine spittlebug
North American insect that attacks pines
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Aphrophora saratogensis, Saratoga spittlebug
feeds on pines in northern United States
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jassid
a variety of leafhopper
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treehopper
small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs
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lantern fly, lantern-fly
large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
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oak blight
a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods
