either of two varieties of small, jumping insects which feed on crops and garden plants. The two main varieties are the garden fleahopper Halticus bractatus and the cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus
fleahopper in American English
(fliˌhɑpər)
US
noun
any of several small jumping hemipterous bugs (family Miridae), many of which damage cotton and other cultivated plants