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Homalodisca insolita

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Homalodisca insolita
Homalodisca insolita, johnsongrass sharpshooter, Arkansas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms
  • Phera atrata Fowler, 1899
  • Phera insolita (Walker, 1858)
  • Proconia insoleta Walker, 1858
  • Proconia insolita Walker, 1858

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

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  1. ^ "Homalodisca insolita". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. ^ "Homalodisca insolita (Walker, 1858)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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