Rhopalosiphum

noun

Rho·​pa·​lo·​si·​phum

-ˈsīfəm

: a widely distributed genus of aphids including several that attack numerous crop plants and some that are vectors of plant viruses see apple grain aphid, corn leaf aphid

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from rhopal- + Greek siphōn tube, pipe

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