Includes six-spotted leafhopper (Macrosteles fascifrons)
Pest description and crop damage The six-spotted leafhopper is also known as the aster leafhopper. It is about 0.19 inch in length, narrow, wedge-shaped, with a beak, tiny antennae, and long hind legs fringed with hairs. It is yellow or yellow-green with six black spots arranged in three rows on its head. Eggs are translucent at first but soon turn white.