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This species is a major agricultural pest of alfalfa, fruits, and vegetables. It is most damaging to alfalfa and clover, as well as potato. This species can cause what is known as "hopper burn," which is when fluids are removed from vascular plant tissues and a toxic substance is simultaneously injected into the plant. Plants that experience this burn begin to become discolored, yellowing on leaves. It is also a cold intolerant species and migrates annually from the Gulf Coast northwards. (BG)
For more information on the economic importance of this species, and the damage it can cause to agricultural plants, see: 1, 2. |
Species Photo Gallery for Empoasca fabae Potato Leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2013/tnEmpoasca_fabae1379120896.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest edge | ![](photos_records/2013/tnEmpoasca_fabae1379493698.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught sweeping |
![](photos_records/2015/tnEmpoasca_fabae1428027294.JPG) | Photo by: Brian Bockhahn Gates Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2015/08/tnEmpoasca_fabae1438809355.JPG) | Photo by: Harry Wilson Wake Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2017/10/tnEmpoasca_fabae_1507348272_0.jpg) | Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2017/10/tnunid_leafhopper1507348709_0.jpg) | Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2017/10/tnunid_leafhopper1507349203_0.jpg) | Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2018/tnEmpoasca_fabae1518329300.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2018/tnEmpoasca_fabae1518329319.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2018/02/tnEmpoasca_fabae1518329327.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2018/tnEmpoasca_fabae1518329370.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2018/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1530984492_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 3.4 mm |
![](photos_records/2019/12/tnEmpoasca_fabae1576679020_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2019/tnEmpoasca_fabae1576977860.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: male, photographed by K. Kittelberger; |
![](photos_records/2019/12/tnEmpoasca_fabae1576979074.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: male, photographed by K. Kittelberger; | ![](photos_records/2019/12/tnEmpoasca_fabae1576978170.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: male, photographed by K. Kittelberger; |
![](photos_records/2020/01/tnEmpoasca_fabae1578766252_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2020/03/tnEmpoasca_fabae1585160006_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.2 mm female, dead in Tanglefoot on an oak tree band |
![](photos_records/2020/04/tnEmpoasca_fabae1586288895_0.JPG) | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Yard near woods. | ![](photos_records/2020/04/tnEmpoasca_fabae1586288895_1.JPG) | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Yard near woods. |
![](photos_records/2020/tnEmpoasca_fabae1586650931.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2020/04/tnEmpoasca_fabae1586650939.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2020/04/tnEmpoasca_fabae1586650955.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2020/06/tnEmpoasca_fabae1593478859_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51423911 |
![](photos_records/2020/tnEmpoasca_fabae1593806215.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male | ![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1593806529.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male |
![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1593826664.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male | ![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1593987926_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52078692 |
![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1593987926_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52078692 | ![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1593993941_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52088773 |
![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1594414593_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Macon Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52609692 | ![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1594414594_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Macon Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52609692 |
![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1594414483_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Macon Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52609691 | ![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1594522561_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52757821 |
![](photos_records/2020/07/tnEmpoasca_fabae1594690200_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53007353 | ![](photos_records/2020/10/tnEmpoasca_fabae1601598697_0.JPG) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61438759 |
![](photos_records/2021/03/tnEmpoasca_fabae1614945251_0.jpg) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2021/06/tnEmpoasca_fabae1623534884_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82748583 |
![](photos_records/2021/09/tnEmpoasca_fabae1633047975_0.jpg) | Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2022/06/tnEmpoasca_fabae1654300430_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120084459 |
![](photos_records/2023/06/tnunid_leafhopper1688090408_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/06/tnunid_leafhopper1688090409_1.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688431720_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688431720_1.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688601982_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688601982_1.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688762534_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Found dead lying underneath a public night light. - unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688762534_1.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Found dead lying underneath a public night light. - unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688762534_2.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Found dead lying underneath a public night light. - unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1688762534_3.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Found dead lying underneath a public night light. - unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1689634673_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1690068745_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2023/07/tnunid_leafhopper1690068745_1.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/08/tnEmpoasca_fabae1691017429_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: |
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