homopteran

Definitions of homopteran

1. noun

   insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
   synonyms: homopterous insect

   types:

   whitefly

   minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

   coccid insect

   scale insects and mealybugs

   louse, plant louse

   any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants

   cicada, cicala

   stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone

   spittle insect, spittlebug

   small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete

   leafhopper

   small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants

   plant hopper, planthopper

   related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants

   Dialeurodes citri, citrus whitefly

   whitefly that attacks citrus trees

   Trialeurodes vaporariorum, greenhouse whitefly

   whitefly that inhabits greenhouses

   sweet-potato whitefly

   a variety of whitefly

   scale insect

   small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering

   mealy bug, mealybug

   scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

   aphid

   any of various small plant-sucking insects

   adelgid

   any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers

   Phylloxera vitifoleae, grape louse, grape phylloxera

   destructive to various grape plants

   jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid

   small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices

   dog-day cicada, harvest fly

   its distinctive song is heard during July and August

   Magicicada septendecim, periodical cicada, seventeen-year locust

   North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature

   froghopper

   a variety of spittlebug

   Philaenus spumarius, meadow spittlebug

   North American insect that severely damages grasses

   pine spittlebug

   North American insect that attacks pines

   Aphrophora saratogensis, Saratoga spittlebug

   feeds on pines in northern United States

   jassid

   a variety of leafhopper

   treehopper

   small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs

   lantern fly, lantern-fly

   large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light

   oak blight

   a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods

   type of:

   insect

   a small creature with six legs, three body fragments, two antennae, and usually wings belonging in the Arthropoda phylum