Text adapted from Turfgrass Pest Management: A Guide to Major Turfgrass Pests in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.

INSECT AND DESCRIPTION: Leafhoppers, Many species. Small active insects 1/8 to 1/4 inch long. Adults whitish green, yellow or brownish-gray. May be speckled or mottled. Adults fly or jump short distances when disturbed. Nymphs are various colors as adults, but without wings. Nymphs have characteristic habit of moving sideways or backwards when disturbed.

LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS: Adult females insert eggs into tissues of the host plant. Eggs hatch in a few days in warm temperature. Several generations may occur in a season

SUSCEPTIBLE PLANTS: All grasses.

DAMAGE CAUSED: Both adults and nymphs suck juices from the leaves and stems of grasses. Symptoms are a bleaching or drying out of the grass.

METHOD OF DETECTION: Examine areas in the lawn which looked bleached or dry, also the surrounding green areas. Look closely for the small, wedgedshaped, jumping or flying adults as you walk. Also look closely on the leaves and stems for the nymphs which move sideways or backwards when disturbed.

Figure 2. -- "Leafhopper (top view)", Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service