Phylloxera
Phylloxera is also a genus in family Phylloxeridae Phylloxera Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (was Homoptera) Superfamily: Phylloxeroidea Family: Phylloxeridae Genus: Daktulosphaira Shimer, 1866 [1] Species: vitifoliae Binomial name Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch 1855) Grape phylloxera ( Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch 1855); family Phylloxeridae, within the order Hemiptera, bugs); originally described in France as Phylloxera vastatrix ; equated to the previously described Daktulosphaira vitifoliae , Phylloxera vitifoliae ; commonly just called phylloxera ( / f ɪ ˈ l ɒ k s ə r ə / ; from Ancient Greek: φύλλον , leaf, and ξηρός , dry) is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. These almost microscopic, pale yellow sap-sucking insects, related to aphids, fee...