How to Use leafhopper in a Sentence

leafhopper

noun

• In leafhoppers, pronotum cells flipped their genes on and off much like cells in the rest of the thorax.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 9 Dec. 2019
• The key vector for aster yellows is the aster leafhopper.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2022
• Workers harvest the tea leaves in the summer by hand, after the leafhoppers have their fill.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019
• Damsel Bugs Damsel bugs feed on aphids, small caterpillars, leafhoppers, thrips, and other pesky pests.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2016
• Other species of true bugs include stink bugs, cicadas, aphids and leafhoppers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2019
• The tea-green leafhopper is allowed to feed on the tea bushes, and the insect bite changes the chemistry of the leaves, filling them with subtle pear, apple and sandalwood notes.
  — Tom Parker Bowles, Robb Report, 14 June 2021
• There was one group in the study, the leafhoppers, whose numbers actually increased in the presence of a compressor.
  — Veronique Greenwood, The Atlantic, 2 June 2017
• Corn + Beans The beans attract beneficial insects that prey on corn pests such as leafhoppers, fall armyworms and leaf beetles.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 3 Feb. 2017
• Pests controlled: Yellow traps attract whiteflies, fruit flies, male winged scales, leafhoppers, fungus gnats, midges, male winged mealybugs and leafminers, thrips, psyllids, and winged aphids.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• Green leafhoppers arrive each summer to feast on the sap of its growing tea leaf tips, and the insects’ tiny bites cause the leaves to become partially oxidized, resulting in their distinct scent and flavor.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019
• The white apple leafhopper closely resembles white flies.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 26 Apr. 2018
• Although some of the species have adapted to live happily alongside humans, such as book lice, others, such as leafhoppers and gall midges, are accidental visitors.
  — Matt Bertone, National Geographic, 19 Jan. 2016
• First detected in Tahiti, the half-inch-long, mottled brown leafhopper carries a plant disease-causing bacterium, and the insect had spread to other islands in French Polynesia.
  — Melba Newsome, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
• The researchers found that male leafhoppers optimize the process by first accurately identifying a potential mate and then finding her as quickly as possible.
  — Mary Bates, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2014
• Pests controlled: Use horticultural oils to combat aphids, mites, beetles, leaf miners, caterpillars, thrips, leafhoppers, and whiteflies.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• Other leafhoppers and sharpshooters can also transmit the bacteria.
  — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 29 May 2019
• This leafhopper, for instance, is unlike anything that Javier Aznar, a Spanish photographer and biologist who has been fascinated by insects since childhood, had ever seen before.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2021
• Legions of professional entomologists fret about sawflies, ambrosia beetles, scale insects and leafhoppers.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019

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