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corn-leaf aphid

American  
[kawrn-leef] / ˈkɔrnˌlif /

noun

  1. a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.

Etymology

Origin of corn-leaf aphid

First recorded in 1935–40

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