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Any of many insects, of superfamily Fulgoroidea, that bear a remarkable resemblance to leaves and are capable of prodigious leaps.
1997, Rosamond L. Naylor, Paul R. Ehrlich, Chapter 9: Natural Pest Control Services and Agriculture, Gretchen Daily (editor), Natures Services: Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems'', http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QYJSziDfTjEC&pg=PA156&dq=%22planthoppers%22%7C%22planthopper%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nedLUrDIIYrDkQXEeQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22planthoppers%22%7C%22planthopper%22&f=false page 156,
- Cumulative losses from the brown planthopper have been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars (Denno and Perfect 1994) and accounted in 1990 for some 6 percent of the total value foregone from all biotic and abiotic factors that reduce rice production (Herdt 1991).
2000, E. M. Craddock, 1: Speciatio Processes in the Adaptive Radiation of Hawaiian Plants and Animals, Max K. Hecht, Ross J. MacIntyre, Michael T. Clegg (editors), Evolutionary Biology, Volume 31, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oJdQO05Wxe8C&pg=PA20&dq=%22planthoppers%22%7C%22planthopper%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nedLUrDIIYrDkQXEeQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22planthoppers%22%7C%22planthopper%22&f=false page 20,
- The sap-feeding planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) are ubiquitous in virtually all Hawaiian terrestrial ecosystems.
2011, Ross Piper, Pests: A Guide to the Worlds Most Maligned, Yet Misunderstood Creatures'', http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wRDIOhoQR68C&pg=PA130&dq=%22planthoppers%22%7C%22planthopper%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nedLUrDIIYrDkQXEeQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22planthoppers%22%7C%22planthopper%22&f=false page 130,
- Planthoppers begin life as eggs deposited in fissures on the surface of their host plant or even beneath the bark.
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