Froggatt's Apple Leafhopper

Edwardsiana froggatti is Froggatt's apple leafhopper, known for a long time in New Zealand as Typhlocyba frogatti. More recently it was called E. crataegi (as in the previous version of this strategy), which is another European species that is currently not recognised from New Zealand. It feeds on pipfruit trees, especially apples, and is the most economically important leafhopper pest in New Zealand. If not controlled, it may reduce photosynthesis and tree vigour, and leave spots of excrement on fruit, which are then rejected from export markets. It occurs throughout Europe and North America and is also found in Australia, Argentina and Chile.