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leafhopper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlifˌhɑ.pəɹ/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Old English lēaf Middle English lef English leaf Proto-Germanic *huppōną Proto-West Germanic *huppōn Old English hoppian Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Old English -a Old English *hoppa Middle English *hoppe Middle English hoppere English hopper English leafhopper From leaf + hopper.

Meanings

1. Any insect of the family Cicadellidae.
   • One of the chief failings of this species is the susceptibility of the leaves to the attack of the leaf-hopper. 2008, U. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits, page 230:
   • 1907, Altus Lacy Quaintance, Cornelius Lott Shear, Insect and Fungous Enemies of the Grape East of the Rocky Mountains, Farmers' Bulletin 284, US Department of Agriculture, page 19, Throughout the United States and Canada, wherever the grape is grown, this small leaf-hopper (Typhlocyba comes Say) will almost invariably be found in greater or less numbers infesting the lower surface of the leaf, where it feeds and breeds, increasing in numbers as the season progresses, until by late summer and fall the vines are often literally swarming with it.
   • The prominent leaf defoliators, as the rose-chafer and flea-beetle, frequently destroy or vastly injure the crop over large districts, and the little leaf-hopper, though rarely preventing a partial crop, is so uniformly present and widely distributed as to probably levy a heavier tribute on the grape in this country than any other insect. 1898, C. L. Marlatt, The Principal Insect Enemies of the Grape, page 3:
   • 1933, Eubanks Carsner, Curly-top resistance in sugar beets and tests of the resistant variety U. S. No. 1, Technical Bulletin 360, US Department of Agriculture, page 3, Attacks on the leaf hoppers with insecticides and mechanical means have, in the past, been conducted mainly in sugar-beet fields.

Forms

Deriveds

plum leafhopper · leafhopper assassin bug · potato leafhopper · aster leafhopper · two-spotted leafhopper · vine leafhopper · rice leafhopper · rose leafhopper · beet leafhopper · eared leafhopper · burning grape leafhopper · six-spotted leafhopper · white apple leafhopper

Relateds

tree-hopper · plant-hopper

Synonyms

hopper

Translations (20)

nl bladspringer (insect of Cicadellidae) · nb bladsikade (insect of Cicadellidae) · fr cicadelle (insect of Cicadellidae) · uk цика́дка (insect of Cicadellidae) · be цыка́дка (insect of Cicadellidae) · de Kleinzikade (insect of Cicadellidae) · cmn 葉蟬 /叶蝉 (insect of Cicadellidae) · ga preabaire duilleog (insect of Cicadellidae) · ru цика́дка (insect of Cicadellidae) · eo cikadelo (insect of Cicadellidae) · fi kääpiökaskas (insect of Cicadellidae) · pt cigarrinha (insect of Cicadellidae) · it cicalina (insect of Cicadellidae) · nb dvergsikade (insect of Cicadellidae) · tr yaprak piresi (insect of Cicadellidae) · de Zwergzikade (insect of Cicadellidae) · lt cikadėlė (insect of Cicadellidae) · la cicādella (insect of Cicadellidae) · nl dwergcicade (insect of Cicadellidae) · nv chʼosh nahachagii (insect of Cicadellidae)