planthopper

This planthopper's waxy behind can be lifted up and over its body for defense.

So the planthopper's body has an ingenious solution that keeps the legs in step without a thought.

This is the first planthopper species in which the function of these gears was described, though their existence had been known for decades.

The virus propagates in the planthopper and is passed down to 90% of a female's eggs.

Planthopper and plants serve as the natural host.

Thus, they are one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily (Fulgoroidea).

Kakuna taibaiensis is a species of planthopper from China.

These planthopper species are sympatric over large areas of Asia and Australia.

Megamelus scutellaris is a small planthopper insect native to Argentina.

The planthopper (Issus coleoptratus) is tiny, just a bit larger than a flea.

Alcathous fecialis is a species of fulgorid planthopper found in south India.

Biology and host range of the taro planthopper, Tarophagus proserpina.

Acanalonia is a genus of planthopper in the fulgorid family Acanaloniidae.

Cixiinae is a planthopper subfamily in the family Cixiidae.

For example, using the most extreme case, a single-legged planthopper can only helplessly spin around in the same spot without getting anywhere.

The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens), the farmers' main target, has become increasingly resistant.

Burrows did an experiment with a dead planthopper: When he pulled one of its legs, both of them extended rapidly.

It didn't hurt that a 2006 planthopper outbreak hit farmers using insecticides harder than those who didn't.

A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide.

The flatid planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa) causes damage to fruit trees.

Dictyotenguna angusta is a species of planthopper native to Guangxi, China.

If one leg fires first, the planthopper will end up spinning, like a one-armed breast-stroke swimmer.

Caption: This planthopper is completely hidden underneath a poofy toupee of wax.

Pyrops is a genus of planthopper that occurs primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 60 species.

Key words: molecular tagging, alien gene introgression, rice, wild species, brown planthopper resistance.