aphid

New Latin aphis (plural aphides), coined by Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. His inspiration for the name remains unclear. OED suggests a connection to Ancient Greek ἀφειδής (apheidḗs, “unsparing, lavishly borrowed”) in reference to the insects' voracity or rapid rate of production, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φείδομαι (pheídomai, “to spare, be thrifty, be merciful”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Doublet of aphis.

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A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.


greenfly

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greenfly (plural greenflies or greenfly)

Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:

Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth

especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid

Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly

Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead

These bats prey on greenfly.


blackfly

A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.


apple aphid

A bright green aphid, Aphis pomi, that feeds on the leaves of apple trees, causing disfigurement.


puceron

(dated) Any of a number of plant live, or aphids.


aphidid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aphididae of aphids.


eriosomatid

(zoology) Any aphid in the family Eriosomatidae, now considered to be the subfamily Eriosomatinae.


pemphigid

(zoology) Any woolly aphid in the family Pemphigidae, now considered to be the tribe Pemphigini.


witch-hazel cone gall

witch-hazel cone gall (countable and uncountable, plural witch-hazel cone galls)

Hormaphis hamamelidis
Hormaphis hamamelidis#Translingual

witch-hazel cone gall aphid
witch-hazel cone gall aphid

Cone-shaped distortions of the leaves of witch-hazel trees, caused by aphids of species Hormaphis hamamelidis (witch-hazel cone gall aphid).


witch-hazel cone gall aphid

witch-hazel cone gall aphid (plural witch-hazel cone gall aphids)

witch-hazel cone gall
witch-hazel cone gall

Hormaphis hamamelidis, the aphid that causes witch-hazel cone gall.


dolphin fly

(obsolete) The black bean aphid (Aphis fabae).


leaf aphid

Any of several species of aphid that feed on leaves of a specific range of plants, not necessarily limited to those in their name or names.


rose aphid

Rose aphids are typically pink or purplish, but green and yellowish forms also occur, and multiple color morphs may be present within a single colony.

2017, Whitney Cranshaw, Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs

Macrosiphum rosae, an aphid that infests rosebushes.


ant cow

Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.


aphidoid

Any aphid of the superfamily Aphidoidea.


black bean aphid

black bean aphid (plural black bean aphids)

Aphis fabae, a small black insect with a broad, soft body, a member of the order Hemiptera that is a major pest of sugar beet, bean and celery crops.


rhopalosiphine

Any aphid of the subtribe Rhopalosiphina


aphidine

Any of the subfamily Aphidinae of aphids.


hop fly

A kind of aphid that is destructive to hop plantations.


lachnid

Any aphid of the former family Lachnidae.


woolly aphid

An aphid in the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which produces waxy filaments that give the appearance of cotton or wool.