planthopper

Definitions of planthopper
  1. noun
    related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants
    synonyms: plant hopper
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    homopteran, homopterous insect
    insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
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