planthopper en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ Proto-Italic *plāntā? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂ Proto-Italic *plānktā Latin plantabor. Proto-West Germanic *plantu Old English plante Middle English plante English plant 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 planthopper From plant + hopper.
Meanings
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Any of many insects, of superfamily Fulgoroidea, that bear a remarkable resemblance to leaves and are capable of prodigious leaps.
Planthoppers begin life as eggs deposited in fissures on the surface of their host plant or even beneath the bark.
2011, Ross Piper, Pests: A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, Yet Misunderstood Creatures, page 130:1997, Rosamond L. Naylor, Paul R. Ehrlich, Chapter 9: Natural Pest Control Services and Agriculture, Gretchen Daily (editor), Nature's Services: Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems, page 156, Cumulative losses from the brown planthopper have been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars (Denno and Perfect 1994) and accounted in 1990 for some 6 percent of the total value foregone from all biotic and abiotic factors that reduce rice production (Herdt 1991).
The sap-feeding planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) are ubiquitous in virtually all Hawaiian terrestrial ecosystems.
2000, E. M. Craddock, “1: Speciatio Processes in the Adaptive Radiation of Hawaiian Plants and Animals”, in Max K. Hecht, Ross J. MacIntyre, Michael T. Clegg, editors, Evolutionary Biology, volume 31, page 20:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| planthoppers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
de Spitzkopfzikade (a type of insect) · mi kiritaitea (a type of insect)