Species Homalodisca vitripennis - Glassy-winged sharpshooter

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References

Sharpshooters mating again (Oncometopia?) - Homalodisca vitripennis

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter? - Homalodisca vitripennis

Sharpshooter Nymph - 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

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, the Smoke-Tree leafhopper.

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
Last updated 19 February, 2008 - 1:25pm

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