woolly aphid

/ˌwʊli ˌeɪfɪd/
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Other forms: woolly aphids

Definitions of woolly aphid
  1. noun
    secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads
    synonyms: woolly plant louse
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    types:
    American blight, Eriosoma lanigerum, woolly apple aphid
    primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
    Prociphilus tessellatus, woolly alder aphid
    attacks alders
    type of:
    aphid
    any of various small plant-sucking insects
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