Rose leafhopper
Edwardsiana rosae
191 host plants
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Fine white stippling on the upper surfaces of rose and maple leaves signals rose leafhopper feeding, as these small, pale green insects pierce leaf undersides and extract cell contents. You will see the tiny, wedge-shaped adults hop or fly away quickly when disturbed. Cast skins from molting nymphs accumulate on leaf undersides. Damage appears from late spring through fall on roses, maples, and many other deciduous hosts.
Tolerate light stippling on vigorous plants, as the damage is cosmetic and does not threaten plant health. Strong water sprays dislodge nymphs from leaf undersides. Parasitic wasps and general predators help suppress populations. Remove leaf litter in fall where eggs overwinter. Insecticidal soap targets nymphs directly if populations warrant intervention.
Quick Reference
Order
Hemiptera
Type
sucking-insect
Host Plants
191
What Damage Looks Like
Rose leafhoppers are small, active, whitish-green insects which hop when disturbed. The nymphs (immature) are white with red eyes. Rose leafhoppers feed on the leaves, causing white or pale blotches that resemble, but are larger than, spider mite stippling. Cast skins can be found on the underside of leaves. The adults lay eggs in the bark, causing small dark spots on the canes. The emerging nymphs cause wounds to the bark which may provide a site for fungal infections. Leafhoppers are rarely a serious concern.
Cultural Controls
- Several natural predators feed on leafhoppers, including damsel bugs and assassin bugs.
- Avoid use of broad-spectrum insecticides which may kill these predators.
- Leafhopper damage is mainly aesthetic.
- Tolerate it, if possible.
Host Plants (191)
Acer buergerianum Trident Maple, Three-toothed Maple Acer campestre Hedge Maple, Field Maple, Common Maple Acer capillipes Red Stripebark Maple, Red Snakebark Maple, Hakkoda Maple Acer carpinifolium Hornbeam Maple Acer circinatum Vine, Maple Acer coriaceifolium Leatherleaf Maple Acer crataegifolium Hawthorn, Maple Acer davidii David Maple, Père David's Maple Acer freemanii Freeman Maple, Hybrid Red Maple Acer ginnala Acer ginnala Acer glabrum Rocky Mountain Maple, Rock Maple, Douglas Maple, Dwarf Maple Acer glabrum var. douglasii Douglas Maple, Dwarf Maple, Rocky Mountain Maple Acer grandidentatum Bigtooth Maple, Western Mountain Sugar Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple Acer griseum Paperbark Maple Acer henryi Henry's Maple Acer japonicum Fullmoon Maple Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf Maple Acer maximowiczianum Nikko Maple Acer miyabei Miyabe Maple Acer monspessulanum Montpellier Maple Acer negundo Boxelder Manitoba Maple, Ash-leaved Maple Acer nipponicum Nippon Maple Acer oblongum Evergreen Maple, Smooth Leaf Maple Acer oliverianum Oliver Maple Acer opalus subsp. obtusatum Bosnian Maple Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Acer palmatum var. dissectum Dissected Japanese Maple Acer pensylvanicum Striped Maple, Moosewood Maple Acer pentaphyllum Acer pentaphyllum (no common name) Acer pictum Painted Maple Acer platanoides Norway Maple Acer pseudoplatanus Planetree Maple, Sycamore, Maple Acer rubrum Red Maple Acer rufinerve Redvein Maple, Honshu Maple Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Acer sempervirens Cretan Maple Acer shirasawanum Shirasawa Maple Acer spicatum Mountain Maple, Moose Maple Acer tataricum Tatarian Maple, Tartarian Maple Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala Amur Maple Acer tegmentosum Manchurian Stripebark Maple, Manchustriped Maple Acer triflorum Three Flowered Maple Acer truncatum Purpleblow Maple, Shantung Maple Acer velutinum Velvet Maple Adenium obesum Desert Rose, Desert Azalea, Mock Azalea Cornus alba Tatarian Dogwood, Tartarian Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood Cornus canadensis Bunchberry Cornus capitata Evergreen Dogwood, Bentham's Cornel, Himalayan Strawberry Tree Cornus controversa Giant Dogwood Cornus drummondii Rough-leaved Dogwood Cornus eddies Cornus eddies Cornus elwinortonii Cornus elwinortonii Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Cornus kousa Kousa Dogwood Cornus mas Corneliancherry Dogwood Cornus nuttallii Pacific Dogwood Cornus officinalis Japanese Cornelian Dogwood Korean Cornelian Dogwood, Chinese Cornelian Dogwood Cornus porlock Porlock Dogwood Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood, Red Panicle Dogwood Cornus rutgersensis Cornus rutgersensis Cornus sanguinea Bloodtwig Dogwood Cornus sericea Cornus sericea Cornus sericea subsp. occidentalis Western Dogwood, Creek Dogwood Cornus stolonifera Redosier Dogwood Cornus torreyi Western Dogwood, Creek Dogwood Cornus venus Venus Dogwood Daphne cneorum Garland Daphne, Rock Daphne, Rose Daphne Hibiscus syriacus Rose, of Sharon Shrub, Althea Kerria japonica Japanese Kerria Japanese Rose Malus 'Indian Magic' Indian Magic Crabapple Malus atrosanguinea Carmine Crabapple Malus brandywine Brandywine Crabapple Malus floribunda Japanese Flowering Crabapple Malus fusca Pacific Crabapple Malus hupehensis Tea Crabapple Malus prairifire Prairifire Crabapple Malus pumila Apple Malus robusta Cherry, Crabapple Malus sargentii Sargent Crabapple, Pigmy Crabapple Malus snowdrift Snowdrift Crabapple Malus transitoria Transitoria Crabapple Populus alba White Poplar European White Poplar, Silver Poplar Populus angustifolia Narrowleaf Cottonwood, Mountain Cottonwood Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar Populus canescens Gray Poplar Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood Populus fremontii Fremont Cottonwood, Western Cottonwood Populus grandidentata Bigtooth Aspen Populus nigra Black Poplar Populus tremula European Aspen European Trembling Aspen European Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen Populus trichocarpa Black Cottonwood Prunus americana Wild Plum American (Red) Plum August Plum, Goose Plum Prunus armeniaca Apricot Prunus avium Sweet Cherry Prunus besseyi Sand Cherry, Western Sand Cherry Prunus blireiana Blireiana Plum Prunus caroliniana Carolina Cherrylaurel American Cherrylaurel Prunus cascade Prunus cascade Prunus cerasifera Cherry, Plum Prunus cistena Purpleleaf Sandcherry Redleaf Sandcherry Cistena Sandcherry Cistena Plum Prunus dream Prunus dream Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry, Wild Cherry, Quinine Cherry Prunus first Prunus first Prunus fruticosa Steppe Cherry, European Dwarf Ground Cherry, Mongolian Cherry Prunus glandulosa Dwarf Flowering Almond Prunus ilicifolia Hollyleaf Cherry, Holly-leaved Cherry Prunus laurocerasus Cherry, Laurel Prunus lusitanica Portugal Laurel Prunus maackii Amur Chokecherry Amur Cherry, Manchurian Cherry Prunus mume Japanese Apricotc Japanese Flowering Apricot Japanese Flowering Plum Prunus newport Newport Flowering Plum Prunus okame Okame Flowering Cherry Prunus padus European Birdcherry Common Birdcherry Prunus prostrata Rock Cherry, Mountain Cherry Prunus sargentii Sargent Cherry, Sargent's Cherry Prunus serotina Black Cherry, Rum Cherry Prunus serrula Birchbark Cherry, Paperbark Cherry, Tibetan Cherry Prunus serrulata Japanese Flowering Cherry Prunus snow Prunus snow Prunus subcordata Klamath Plum, Sierra Plum, Pacific Plum Prunus subhirtella Higan Cherry Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis Autumn Flowering Higan Cherry Prunus tai Prunus tai Prunus virginiana Prunus virginiana Prunus virginiana var. demissa Western Chokecherry Prunus virginiana var. virginiana Common Chokecherry, Eastern Chokecherry Prunus yedoensis Yoshino Cherry, Somei-yoshino Cherry, Tokyo Cherry Quercus acutissima Sawtooth Oak Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak Quercus alba (Eastern) White Oak Quercus arizonica Arizona Oak, Arizona White Oak Quercus berberidifolia California Scrub Oak, Scrub Oak, Inland Scrub Oak Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak Quercus bimundorum Two Worlds Oak, Bimundors Oak Quercus castaneifolia Chestnut-leaved Oak, Chestnutleaf Oak, Persian Oak Quercus cerris Turkey Oak Quercus chrysolepis Canyon Live Oak Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak Quercus douglasii Blue Oak, California Blue Oak Quercus durata Leather Oak Quercus emoryi Emory Oak, Black Oak, Blackjack Oak Quercus engelmannii Engelmann Oak, Mesa Oak Quercus frainetto Hungarian Oak, Italian Oak Quercus gambelii Gambel Oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak Quercus garryana Oregon White Oak Quercus garryana var. breweri Brewer's Oak Quercus glandulifera Konara Oak Quercus glauca Japanese Blue Oak, Ring-cupped Oak Quercus hypoleucoides Silverleaf Oak, Whiteleaf Oak Quercus ilex Holly, Oak, Holm Oak Quercus ilicifolia Bear Oak Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak Quercus kelloggii California Black Oak Quercus leana Lea's Oak Quercus lobata Valley Oak, Roble Oak, California White Oak Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak Quercus marilandica Blackjack Oak, Jack Oak Quercus mongolica Mongolian Oak Quercus montana Mountain Chestnut, Oak, Chestnut, Oak, Rock Chestnust Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut, Oak Quercus myrsinifolia Chinese Evergreen Oak, Bamboo-leaf Oak Quercus nigra Water Oak, Possum Oak Quercus palustris Pin Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak Quercus petraea Sessile Oak, Durmast Oak, Irish Oak Quercus phellos Willow, Oak Quercus prinoides Dwarf Chinquapin Oak, Dwarf Chestnut, Oak, Scrub Chestnut, Oak Quercus robur English Oak Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak Quercus sadleriana Sadler Oak, Deer Oak Quercus stellata Post Oak Quercus suber Cork Oak Quercus turbinella Scrub Live Oak Quercus undulata Wavyleaved Oak Quercus vaccinifolia Huckleberry, Oak Quercus velutina Black Oak Quercus virginiana Southern Live Oak, Live Oak Quercus wislizeni Interior Live Oak, Chapparal Oak Rosa acicularis Wild Prickly Rose Rosa gymnocarpa Little Wood Rose, Wood Rose, Baldhip Rose Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose Rosa nutkana Nootka Rose Rosa pisocarpa Clustered Rose, Swap Rose Rosa rubiginosa Sweetbriar Rose, Eglantine Rose Rosa rugosa Rugosa Rose, Beach Tomato, Sea Tomato Rosa woodsii Woods' Rose Spiraea densiflora Rose, Meadowsweet, Mountain Spirea, Subalpine Spirea Spiraea douglasii Rose, Spirea