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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadoidea » Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Homalodisca » Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis)

Species Homalodisca vitripennis - Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)
Superfamily Cicadoidea
Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Genus Homalodisca
Species vitripennis (Glassy-winged Sharpshooter)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homalodisca coagulata
Explanation of Names
Latin: vitri- "Of glass, glassy" + pennis "Of wing" (from penna- "Feather, wing")
Size
11-14 mm.
Identification
Flattened head and "glassy" wing patches.
Range
Southeastern US, but introduced elsewhere, including California
See Also
Homalodisca liturata - Smoketree Sharpshooter
Internet References
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca coagulata) (Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner's Office)- has a good illustration of the difference between H. vitripennis and H. liturata.
Wikipedia.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 May, 2006 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 16 September, 2009 - 12:45am

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