Homalodisca insolita

Homalodisca insolita
Homalodisca insolita, johnsongrass sharpshooter, Arkansas
Scientific 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

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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Homalodisca insolita at iNaturalist
• Media related to Homalodisca insolita at Wikimedia Commons