leaf-hopper


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leaf-hopper

n
(Animals) any homopterous insect of the family Cicadellidae, including various pests of crops
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The wasp, which is commonly present during part of the growing season in many vineyards and which, in fact, goes through four generations for every single leaf-hopper generation, requires the presence of prune, plum or almond trees or wild blackberry bushes to overwinter as an egg.
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Oviposition behaviour of Dalbulus leaf-hoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae).
Two new records of egg parasitoids for Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Ufens niger (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and Anagrus nigriventris (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)

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