leafhopper

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Definition of leafhopper in English English dictionary: alternative spelling of leaf-hopper; Any of the small, slender, often beautifully coloured and marked sap-sucking insects of the large family Cicadellidae. There is a leafhopper species for almost every type of plant. Most are less than 0.5 in. (12 mm) long. Leafhoppers can be serious economic pests. Their feeding may remove sap, destroy chlorophyll, transmit disease, or curl leaves; they also puncture the host plant while laying eggs. Hopperburn is a diseased condition caused by their injection of a toxin into the plant as they feed; small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants; {i} any of a number of hopping insects that suck the juices of plants
beet leafhopper: A small insect (Eutettix tenellus) that transmits a destructive viral disease to plants, especially sugar beets, in the United States

leafhopper

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leaf·hop·per

lifhäpır

/ˈlēfˌhäpər/ /ˈliːfˌhɑːpɜr/

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