leaf-hopper

noun

any homopterous insect of the family Cicadellidae, including various pests of crops

The grape leaf-hopper and the grape-vine flea-beetle are possibly the worst of the insects infesting the grapes about these lakes.

Does not ripen its wood well and is slightly tender and very susceptible to leaf-hopper here.

Erythroneura tricincta, or the Three-banded Leaf-hopper, is like the preceding species, but the bands are narrower.

The most outstanding species in New Zealand is the apple leaf-hopper (Typhlocyba australis).

Most of us are only too well acquainted with the rose-leaf hopper that swarms on rose bushes and kills the leaves.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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