leafhoppers in English

noun
1
a small plant bug that is typically brightly colored and leaps when disturbed. It can be a serious crop pest in warm regions.
The adults of most species feed on nectar and honeydew produced by aphids and other sucking insects like leafhoppers , whiteflies and mealybugs.

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1. Bunchy top Cause – Disease caused by Rickettsia bacteria transmitted by leafhoppers

2. Insects in the Hemiptera order have piercing-sucking mouthparts and include bed bugs, cicadas, aphids, and leafhoppers.

3. The slowing down of the vital functions of semiaposymbiontic insects and the death of aposymbiontic leafhoppers may be due to the physiological and chemical intoxication of host: Increase of pH and pO, accumulation of catabolites and lack of anabolites.

4. Leafhoppers are known to transmit at least 7 other viruses to sugarcane including Fiji disease virus (FDV), sugarcane mosaic virus (SrMV), sugarcane steak virus (SCSMV), peanut clump virus (PCV), sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV), sugarcane Bacilliform virus (SCBV), and sugarcane mild mosaic virus (SCMMV), all of which are economically important (Cronje 2003).