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Western potato leafhopper

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Western potato leafhopper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Empoasca
Species: E. abrupta
Binomial name
Empoasca abrupta
DeLong, 1931


The western potato leafhopper (Empoasca abrupta) are small, yellow, green or brown winged insects. That reach a length of approximately 3mm.

Leafhoppers infest potato plants, and suck sap from potato leaves, causing a yellow mottle. Their eggs are usually laid within plant, and thus are invisible.

References

  1. "Leafhoppers: potato pest in Indonesia and Western Australia". www.agric.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
Taxon identifiers
Empoasca abrupta


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