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potato leafhopper

noun

any of various leafhoppers that are serious pests, damaging a wide variety of cultivated and wild plants, especially potatoes.
a small, light green, white-spotted leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, that is a pest of potatoes in the eastern U.S. and also attacks apple trees and numerous other cultivated plants.

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Nearby words

potato blight, potato chip, potato crisp, potato eaters, the, potato famine, irish, potato leafhopper, potato moth, potato psyllid, potato race, potato tuberworm, potato vine

Origin of potato leafhopper

First recorded in 1920–25
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