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Genus Homalodisca

leafhopper - Homalodisca vitripennis Hopper - Homalodisca vitripennis Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter - Homalodisca vitripennis - female Phera insolita - Homalodisca insolita Insect - Homalodisca vitripennis Glassy-winged sharpshooter - Homalodisca vitripennis Homalodisca vitripennis Phera insolita - Homalodisca insolita
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Tribe Proconiini
Genus Homalodisca
Explanation of Names
Homalodisca Stål 1869
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 20 spp. total(1)
Range
US to Paraguay; in our area, widespread in so. & e. US(1)
Remarks
Species in the U.S.:

elongata- AZ, TX

icthyocephala- AZ, TX

insolita- Eastern U.S. to California

liturata- AZ, CA, NV

vitripennis- Eastern U.S. to California