Scaphoideus

noun

Sca·​phoi·​de·​us

skəˈfȯidēəs

: a genus of leafhoppers including one (S. luteolus) that feeds on and transmits phloem necrosis to elm trees

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from scaphoides scaphoid

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