Homalodisca insolita
| Homalodisca insolita | |
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| Homalodisca insolita, johnsongrass sharpshooter, Arkansas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadellinae |
| Tribe: | Proconiini |
| Genus: | Homalodisca |
| Species: | H. insolita |
| Binomial name | |
| Homalodisca insolita (Walker, 1858) | |
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Homalodisca insolita, the johnsongrass sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae. It is found in southern North America.[1][2] It has been identified as a vector of Xylella fastidiosa, a crop-damaging bacterium, and it has been recorded spreading northwards into the south-eastern United States.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Homalodisca insolita". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "Homalodisca insolita (Walker, 1858)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ Tipping, Christopher; Triapitsyn, Serguei V.; Iii, Russell F. Mizell (2005). "A new host record for the Egg parasitoid Paracentrobia americana (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of the Proconiine Sharpshooter Homalodisca insolita (Walker) (Hemiptera: clypeorryncha: Cicadellidae)". Florida Entomologist. 88 (2): 217–218. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0217:ANHRFT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0015-4040.
- ^ Pollard, H. N.; Turner, W. F.; Kaloostian, G. H. (1959-04-01). "Invasion of the Southeast by a Western Leafhopper, Homalodisca insolita". Journal of Economic Entomology. 52 (2): 359–360. doi:10.1093/jee/52.2.359. ISSN 1938-291X.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Homalodisca insolita at iNaturalist
Media related to Homalodisca insolita at Wikimedia Commons