Psylla (Noun)
Meaning
Small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Psylla is often considered a minor pest as it usually only damages individual leaves.
- Several types of psylla infest garden vegetables such as tomato, eggplant, and bell pepper.
- Nymphs and adults both have sucking mouthparts, with the former displaying red and orange spots as it transforms from its eggs and gradually shed several exoskeletons until full psylla emerges.
- Because some types of psylla act as disease vectors and potentially decimate major crop plant species in developing nations.
- Effective ways of eradicating or keeping a controlled environment in greenhouse of horticulture areas infected by these leaping insect includes targeted or thorough clean of tools in cleaning chemical along other counter control tactics before working, if present they contain chemicals able to manage any leaping plant-eating pests - even deadly poisonous natural such pest specifically leaping bug.