Is This a Leaf Hopper?

unit649 7/14/2013, 10:42 pm

This pinkish bug was on my tomato plant. It hopped away before I could get it. I have looked at tons of pics from google, but the closest that I could find for KY was a potato leaf hopper, but it was the wrong color. Any ideas? Is it a pest?
Madge
Is This a Leaf Hopper? Imag0110

This is the potato leaf hopper:
Is This a Leaf Hopper? Potato10

**sanderson** 7/15/2013, 12:18 am

Unit, Does it look like any of these? Pink leaf hopper?

https://www.google.com/search?q=pink+leaf+hopper&client=firefox-a&hs=ngb&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=YXfjUfaZB-WciQKJsIDoBw&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=630

unit649 7/15/2013, 1:11 am

sanderson, yes it looks like this one. Thank you.

From sanderson's link this is Gyponana tenella leafhopper.
Is This a Leaf Hopper? Gypona10

This is the one that I found, enlarged.
Is This a Leaf Hopper? 20130724

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