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White apple leafhopper (Typhlocyba pomaria) feeding is evident by whitish spots or stippling on upper leaf surfaces. Adults are long and slender, wedge-shaped, with light yellow body and slightly darker head. Juveniles are generally pale white, wingless and will scurry about when disturbed.

White apple leafhopper nymph.

(Photo: Plant Patholog Archive, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org)

White apple leafhopper juveniles and adult.

(Photo: Ricardo Bessin, University of Kentucky)

Management:

• Insecticide if an average of three or more nymphs per leaf is detected

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