Definition of "treehopper" []

• Any of numerous, generally small homopterous insects of the family Membracidae, found mostly in the tropics and having mouthparts adapted to sucking the sap from trees. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• " Helonica treehopper This sap-eating insect was collected from the branches of a white oak tree."
• "The buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bubalus) may destroy seed crops."
• "-- Twig scarred as a result of egg laying by the buffalo treehopper.]"