Species Homalodisca vitripennis - Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range

Homalodisca vitripennis - Glassy-winged sharpshooter - Homalodisca vitripennis

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter - Homalodisca vitripennis

Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) - Homalodisca vitripennis

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)

Tribe Proconiini

Genus Homalodisca

Species vitripennis (Glassy-winged Sharpshooter)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Homalodisca coagulata

Explanation of Names

Latin vitri- 'glassy' + penna 'wing'

Size

11-14 mm

Identification

Flattened head and "glassy" wing patches; differences between H. vitripennis and H. liturata illustrated here

Range

se. US, but introduced (and an invasive pest) elsewhere, including CA

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 May, 2006 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 14 August, 2011 - 2:56pm

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