jassidadj.n.
/ˈdʒasɪd/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to a homopterous insect of the family Jassidæ, sometimes considered equivalent to the Cicadellidæ, and including several pests of cereals, fodder crops, etc.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > relating to or characteristic of Hemiptera > belonging to or having characteristic of Homoptera > of or relating to member of Jassidae or Cicadellidae
jassid1892
1892 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 19 307 Mr. Howard Ewarts Weed..has brought to light many new and interesting members of the little-known Jassid fauna of the ‘Mississippi Bottoms’.
1926 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 68 1 (title) Revision of the American leaf hoppers of the Jassid genus Typhlocybe.
B. n.
A leaf-hopper, a small, jumping insect of this kind, which attacks the leaves of plants.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadellidae or Jassidae > member of
leafhopper1838
rose-hopper1852
rose leafhopper1860
jassid1895
sharpshooter1902
1895 Insect Life 7 323 The half-clothed jassid (Eutettix seminudus Say) was often taken on the stalk of the cotton, and was observed to feed upon the juices of the plant.
1918 Agric. Gaz. New S. Wales 568 (title) The apple-leaf Jassid (Empoasca australis).
1956 Nature 11 Feb. 282/2 The influence of sprayed areas in reducing populations of jassids infesting adjacent unsprayed cotton was elucidated recently.
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