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Other hosts (Leafhopper)
- The commonest species in apple orchards currently, Edwardsiana crataegi, infests fruit trees including apple, pear, cherry, damson and plum.
- Hawthorn is its main wild host but it also occurs on a wide range of other rosaceous plants.
- The second most common leafhopper, Edwardsiana rosae, also has a similarly wide host range including fruit trees, gooseberry, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, hop and nut.
- The leafhopper Alnetoidia alneti occurs on alder windbreaks and also infests apple, cherry and plum.