leafhopper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of leafhopper
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Arboridia parvula, a leafhopper associated with Common Rockrose, was also recorded for the first time in Hertfordshire since 1976.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a large leafhopper native to certain parts of North America, including northeastern Mexico, but invasive in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The size is consistent across leafhopper species, no matter the size of the insect's body.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
The way the leafhopper broke through its neurological speed barrier, as Dr. Burrows discovered, was not by developing more elaborate, faster brains, but by hooking the two legs up with gears.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015
Not even a leafhopper or anything came in.”
From Scientific American ● May 29, 2013
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