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Leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects , colloquially known as hoppers , are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees.
Empoasca decipiens is a species of leafhopper belonging to the family Cicadellidae subfamily Typhlocybinae. [1] The adults reach 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) of length and a are homogenously green with whitish markings on its pronotum and vertex. [2] E. decipiens is commonly referred to as the “green leafhopper” because of its ...
Common names include candy-striped leafhopper, red-banded leafhopper, scarlet-and-green leafhopper and red-and-blue leafhopper. Adults measure 6.7–8.4 mm in length and have vivid blue (or green) and red (or orange-red) stripes on their wings and the top of their thorax combined with bright yellow coloration on their head, legs, abdomen , and ...
Common names for E. onukii include the small green leafhopper, tea green leafhopper, or tea jassid. [2] In Mandarin Chinese, the insect is referred to as 茶小綠葉蟬 (chá xiǎo lǜ yèchán) or 小綠浮塵子 (xiǎo lǜ fúchénzǐ). [2] In Siyen Hakka, it is called 著涎 (Zhe xián), 著蜒 (Zhe yán), or 著煙 (Zhe yān).
Sharpshooters are large leafhopper insects in the scientific family Cicadellidae.There are almost 20,000 different sharpshooter species, but even with such diversity, these insects share many ...
Adult leafhoppers can mostly be encountered from July through October. [2] [3]These leafhoppers are polyphagous, feeding on the sap of various species of herbaceous plants, mainly Juncus effusus (Juncaceae sp.), Carex [4] and Scirpus sylvaticus (Cyperaceae sp.), Holcus mollis (Poaceae sp.), Galium palustre and Fabaceae species.
Meet the leafhopper. The world's No. 3 corn exporting country has slashed millions of tons from its harvest projections for the current crop due to a rare plague of the insect that can carry a ...
Nephotettix [1] is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae and tribe Chiasmini.Species are mostly found in Asia, although two are from Africa. Known as 'green leafhoppers' of paddy/rice, Nephotettix cincticeps [2] and N. virescens [3] appear to be the most important Asian pest species in this genus: as vectors of viruses, such as tungro disease in rice.