Leafhoppers have been reported worldwide, and with at least 20,000 described species, they constituting the second largest hemipteran family.
This tiny pest has piercing-sucking mouthparts, which enables it to efficiently feed on the plant sap, from a variety of plants. Nevertheless, some species of leafhopper, choose to be more host-specific, and feed from a single plant. Remarkably, although leafhoppers are well-known herbivores, some species have been reported to consume smaller insects; such as aphids.
Because leafhoppers transmit plant pathogens, such as viruses, phytoplasmas and bacteria, they are often a concern for gardeners, farmers and agriculturalists. The species that are known to cause significant agricultural pest control problems, include the beet leafhopper, potato leafhopper, two-spotted leafhopper, glassy-winged sharpshooter, the common brown leafhopper and white apple leafhopper.
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