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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Origin of potato leafhopper
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby potato leafhopper
potato blight, potatobug, potato chip, potato crisp, potato famine, Irish, potato leafhopper, potato moth, potato psyllid, potato race, potatory, potato tuberworm
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