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Genus Homalodisca

Sharpshooters mating again (Oncometopia?) - Homalodisca vitripennis Homalodisca vitripennis Bug Nymph - Homalodisca liturata Tiny bug sucking the sap from our mulberry tree - Homalodisca vitripennis Leafhopper ID? - Homalodisca liturata Sharpshooter - Homalodisca insolita Homalodisca insolita Leaf hopper - Homalodisca vitripennis
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