balsam woolly adelgid

balsam woolly adelgid
noun also balsam woolly aphid
: a woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae) native to Europe that has been introduced accidentally into the United States where it is a serious and usually lethal pest of fir trees (as the balsam fir and Fraser fir) — see woolly adelgid herein

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