单词 | leafhopper |
释义 | > as lemmasleafhopper leafhopper n. any of numerous small homopteran bugs constituting the family Cicadellidae, which typically move by jumping, suck sap from leaves, and (in some cases) spread plant diseases. ΘΚΠ 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 1838 A. C. Lindsay Lett. on Egypt, Edom, & Holy Land II. x. 76 We halted at noon in a grove of noble olives, swarming with little green leaf-hoppers—if I may call them so—shaped like frogs. 1920 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 338 The homopterous hosts are leaf-hoppers and other small insects (allied to cicads). 2014 Sci. Amer. Mar. 56 American elms are also highly vulnerable to another disease known as elm yellows, spread by American leafhoppers. < as lemmas |
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