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Genus Homalodisca

Homalodisca insolita Planthooper - Homalodisca vitripennis What kind of hopper is this? - Homalodisca vitripennis Which species of Homalodisca is this? - Homalodisca vitripennis Leafhopper of sorts.... - Homalodisca elongata Need to confirm these are Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) - Homalodisca vitripennis Rear-firing bug on sunflower stem - Homalodisca vitripennis Homalodisca elongata - male
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
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 13 May, 2005 - 12:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov, TurtleDude, zdanko
Last updated 4 June, 2021 - 5:46pm

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