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leafhopper
[leef-hop-er]
noun
any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of leafhopper1
Example Sentences
The size is consistent across leafhopper species, no matter the size of the insect's body.
Still others had noted candy-stripers using no web at all while nabbing nimble leafhoppers.
Because their diet is mostly water, sharpshooters must constantly urinate, causing a downpour of droplets known as “leafhopper rain.”
Several hurdles remain to applying the approach to other kinds of pests, such as beetles and leafhoppers.
Cicadas, on the other hand, are part of the order Hemiptera, or true bugs, and are more closely related to aphids and leafhoppers.
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