How to Use leafhopper in a Sentence

leafhopper

noun

• The leafhoppers stay in the system.
  — Michelle Williams, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• In leafhoppers, pronotum cells flipped their genes on and off much like cells in the rest of the thorax.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 9 Dec. 2019
• The goal of the lacewings is not to wipe out the leafhopper population.
  — Michelle Williams, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Bees and wasps wing past, leafhoppers spring, and beetles scurry for cover.
  — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
• Other species of true bugs include stink bugs, cicadas, aphids and leafhoppers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2019
• Workers harvest the tea leaves in the summer by hand, after the leafhoppers have their fill.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019
• These sprays are great for controlling mites, aphids, leafhoppers, whiteflies, and hard scale insects.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
• Fatty acid salts or insecticidal soaps can be a good choice against leafhoppers.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2023
• The lacewing larvae feed on the leafhoppers that have plagued vineyards on the Central Coast for years.
  — Michelle Williams, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Still others had noted candy-stripers using no web at all while nabbing nimble leafhoppers.
  — Lesley Evans Ogden, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• Damsel Bugs Damsel bugs feed on aphids, small caterpillars, leafhoppers, thrips, and other pesky pests.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2016
• Lavender will keep common pests like aphids and leafhoppers from disturbing blanket flowers.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
• There was one group in the study, the leafhoppers, whose numbers actually increased in the presence of a compressor.
  — Veronique Greenwood, The Atlantic, 2 June 2017
• In North America, most of them chow down on insects — things like mosquitos, moths, and leafhoppers.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 19 June 2024
• This common disease is transmitted by leafhopper insects and cannot be treated once established.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
• The tea-green leafhopper is allowed to feed on the tea bushes, and the insect bite changes the chemistry of the leaves, filling them with subtle pear, apple and sandalwood notes.
  — Tom Parker Bowles, Robb Report, 14 June 2021
• Corn + Beans The beans attract beneficial insects that prey on corn pests such as leafhoppers, fall armyworms and leaf beetles.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2020
• The larvae also consume other soft-bodied prey, including mealybugs, scales, chilli thrips, thrips, leafhoppers, and spider mites and their eggs.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• Neem oil is labeled for soft-bodied pests such as aphids, beetle larvae, caterpillars, leafhoppers, mealybugs, thrips, spider mites, and whiteflies.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2023
• Although some of the species have adapted to live happily alongside humans, such as book lice, others, such as leafhoppers and gall midges, are accidental visitors.
  — Matt Bertone, National Geographic, 19 Jan. 2016
• Pests Many sap-sucking insects target pepper leaves, including aphids (damage shown above), whiteflies, thrips, leafhoppers, and spider mites.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2024
• Other leafhoppers and sharpshooters can also transmit the bacteria.
  — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 29 May 2019
• Green leafhoppers arrive each summer to feast on the sap of its growing tea leaf tips, and the insects’ tiny bites cause the leaves to become partially oxidized, resulting in their distinct scent and flavor.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019
• The researchers found that male leafhoppers optimize the process by first accurately identifying a potential mate and then finding her as quickly as possible.
  — Mary Bates, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2014
• These generalist predators feed on aphids, leafhoppers, caterpillars, hoplia beetles and flying insects.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
• Legions of professional entomologists fret about sawflies, ambrosia beetles, scale insects and leafhoppers.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
• First detected in Tahiti, the half-inch-long, mottled brown leafhopper carries a plant disease-causing bacterium, and the insect had spread to other islands in French Polynesia.
  — Melba Newsome, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
• This leafhopper, for instance, is unlike anything that Javier Aznar, a Spanish photographer and biologist who has been fascinated by insects since childhood, had ever seen before.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2021