potato leafhopper
noun
A small, bright green leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, which is a common North American pest of a wide variety of plants including field crops and various trees, feeding chiefly on the vascular tissue of young leaves and causing them to wither.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Science.
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