Empoasca

noun

Em·​po·​as·​ca

ˌempōˈaskə

: a cosmopolitan genus of leafhoppers (family Cicadellidae) having the ocelli vestigial or wanting and including numerous serious pests of cultivated plants (such as the potato leafhopper)

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