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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Phylloxeridae Sub Family   Description   a family of aphids Background to Family   Six species in a primitive aphid family, with only egg-laying females, which always occurs on dicots. Tree hosts for species recorded in Britain are Quercus, Populus and Salix. The American vine aphid, Viteus (Phylloxera) vitis, was the scurge of the European wine industry in the 19th century, before its ravages were circumvented by grafting European plants onto American root stocks.     No. taxa in DBIF   6 No. interactions   19 % interactions with British data   58% No. records   24 % taxa with British data   33% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1972 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:211 Source   Barson, G. & Carter, C.I.(1972) Entomologist 105 130-134:131 Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:212 Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:210 Source   Barson, G. & Carter, C.I.(1972) Entomologist 105 130-134:133 Source   Ordish, G. (1972) The Great Wine Blight 1-237:212 Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:209