キジラミ

noun

psyllid; jumping plant louse

Refers to any insect of the family Psyllidae, small sap-sucking insects that jump like fleas. Typically written in katakana in biological contexts.

• キジラミは植しょく物ぶつの汁しるを吸すう小ちいさな虫むしです。

  Psyllids are small insects that suck plant sap.

• 庭にわの木きにキジラミがたくさんついていた。

  There were many psyllids on the tree in the garden.