an insect that attacks grapevine roots

Phylloxera, an insect that attacks grapevine roots, could destroy South Australias wine industry by killing precious vines.

a worldwide grapevine pest

Originally coming from eastern north America, Phylloxera is a worldwide grapevine pest.

an insect that feeds on the sap in a vine’s roots and secretes a saliva that prevents the wound from healing, resulting in the vine’s eventual death

Phylloxera is an insect that feeds on the sap in a vine’s roots and secretes a saliva that prevents the wound from healing, resulting in the vine’s eventual death.

an insect that is native to North America against which most European vines (V.vinifera) are unable to defend themselves

Phylloxera is an insect that is native to North America against which most European vines (V.vinifera) are unable to defend themselves.

a root louse that attacks the roots of grapevines and eventually kills the plant

“ The Phylloxera is a root louse that attacks the roots of grapevines and eventually kills the plant.

an insect native to North America, which wiped out entire vineyards in Europe, establishing itself as the most devastating plague of world viticulture

Phylloxera is an insect native to North America, which wiped out entire vineyards in Europe, establishing itself as the most devastating plague of world viticulture.

an insect pest whose effects were first noted in France in 1863

Phylloxera – more about that below – was an insect pest whose effects were first noted in France in 1863.

the pest that devastated the vines in the late nineteenth century

The phylloxera was the pest that devastated the vines in the late nineteenth century, a natural disaster still firmly embedded in the popular collective memory.

an insect that is native to North America against which V. viniferais is unable to defend itself

Phylloxera is an insect that is native to North America against which V. viniferais is unable to defend itself.

an insect that attacks the roots of the vine, and by drying the vine the plant dies

The phylloxera is an insect that attacks the roots of the vine, and by drying the vine the plant dies.

an insect pest that can have a devastating impact on grapevines, affecting Vitis species

Phylloxera is an insect pest that can have a devastating impact on grapevines, affecting Vitis species.

an insect that can devastate a commercial vineyard and is easily transmitted between vines

Phylloxera, a significant threat to both commercial and backyard vines, is an insect that can devastate a commercial vineyard and is easily transmitted between vines.

an insect that wiped out almost all the vineyards in Europe from 1863 onwards in what became known as the phylloxera crisis

Phylloxera is an insect that wiped out almost all the vineyards in Europe from 1863 onwards in what became known as the phylloxera crisis.

an insect that in the late nineteenth century devastated all the vineyards of the town, leaving the economy in a critical state of sadurnidencos

Phylloxera is an insect that in the late nineteenth century devastated all the vineyards of the town, leaving the economy in a critical state of sadurnidencos.

a root louse you can barely see a root louse with the naked eye

Phylloxera is a root louse you can barely see a root louse with the naked eye.

an insect that took sustenance from eating the roots of grape vines

Phylloxera was an insect that took sustenance from eating the roots of grape vines, and by doing so, grape vines destroyed the plant.