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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.
Evans, J. W. (1966). The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea). The Australian Museum Memoir, XII, 1–348. Grylls, N. E. (1979). Leafhopper vectors in Australia. In Leafhopper Vectors and Plant Disease Agents (Ed. K Maramorosch and K F Harris.). Academic Press New York, 179–214.
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 ...
Iassinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. [1] Tribes and selected genera ... "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera"
The aster leafhopper is a small species, with males reaching about 3.3 mm (0.13 in) in length and females about 3.7 mm (0.15 in). The fore-wings are greyish-green while the abdomen is yellowish-green. Six pairs of minute black spots or streaks on the head give the insect its alternative name of six-spotted leafhopper. [1]
Graphocephala fennahi (rhododendron leafhopper) is a species of leafhopper native to the United States. Its common name derives from it feeding on the sap of rhododendrons . [ 1 ] The species was introduced to Great Britain in the 1930s and continental Europe in the 1970s. [ 2 ]
Beet leafhoppers can infect about 300 plant species, including vegetable crops and weeds. Pinfold said the tiny bugs are 3.5 millimeters long and spend the winter in grasses of the foothills.
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