Homoptera

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homoptera \Ho*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the same, like
     + ? wing.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are
     similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the
     cicada. See {Hemiptera}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Homoptera
       n : plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant
           hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
           [syn: {suborder Homoptera}]