| Oncometopia orbona | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Oncometopia |
| Species: | O. orbona |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncometopia orbona (Fabricius, 1798) | |
Oncometopia orbona, the broad-headed sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a large leafhopper, similar to other species of sharpshooter.
A leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones. They undergo a partial metamorphosis, and have various host associations, varying from very generalized to very specific. Some species have a cosmopolitan distribution, or occur throughout the temperate and tropical regions. Some are pests or vectors of plant viruses and phytoplasmas. The family is distributed all over the world, and constitutes the second-largest hemipteran family, with at least 20,000 described species.
Brochosomes are intricately structured microscopic granules secreted by leafhoppers and typically found on their body surface and, more rarely, eggs. Brochosomes were first described in 1952 with the aid of an electron microscope. Brochosomes are hydrophobic and help keep the insect cuticle clean. These particles have also been found in samples of air and can easily contaminate foreign objects, which explains erroneous reports of brochosomes on other insects.
The name sharpshooter is used to refer to any of various genera and species of large leafhoppers in the tribe Proconiini of the family Cicadellidae. As with all cicadellids, they have piercing-sucking mouthparts and closely spaced rows of fine spines on their hind legs. The nymphs feed by inserting their needle-like mouthparts into the xylem of the small stems on the plant where the eggs were deposited; the adults have wings and are highly mobile, and most feed on a variety of different plant species. Both nymphs and adults filter a huge volume of dilute liquid through their digestive system to extract the trace nutrients, and much of the water and carbohydrates are squirted forcibly away from the body in a fine stream of droplets, thus earning them their common name.
Oncometopia is a genus of sharpshooters found in North and South America. The genus was erected by Carl Stål in 1869.
Graphocephala versuta is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.
Helochara communis, the bog leafhopper, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.
Norvellina chenopodii is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
Oncometopia clarior is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.
Osbornellus limosus is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
Paraphlepsius collitus is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
Paraulacizes irrorata, the speckled sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.
Paraulacizes is a genus of sharpshooters in the family Cicadellidae. There are about 11 described species in Paraulacizes.
Pediopsoides distinctus is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
Penthimia americana is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
Sibovia occatoria, the Yellow-striped Leafhopper, is a species of sharpshooter native to North and Central America, from the United States to El Salvador in the family Cicadellidae.
Tylozygus bifidus is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.
Tylozygus geometricus is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.
Xyphon flaviceps, the yellow-headed leafhopper, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.
Draeculacephala minerva, is a species in the family Cicadellidae.
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