phylloxera mite
noun
1An acarid, Tyroglyphus (or Rhizoglyphus) phylloxerae, which attacks grape phylloxera.
2(Perhaps by confusion) the grape phylloxera.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary.
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