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Potato Leafhopper - Empoasca fabae

Ryland, Alabama

 

A diverse group, with over 400 species in 2 subgenera in North America north of Mexico.

 

Fun facts about leafhoppers:

•Leafhoppers coat their bodies and wings with a light dusting of water-repellent waxy material (brochosomes), sometimes distributed unevenly as bilaterally asymmetric whitish streaks.

 

•Leafhoppers have sound-producing organs (tymbals) at the base of abdomen (songs usually too faint for human ear)

 

•Several species are serious crop pests; some transmit plant pathogens (viruses, mycoplasma-like organisms, etc.)

 

 

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Uploaded on July 18, 2012
Taken on July 4, 2011