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Homalodisca insolita, johnsongrass sharpshooter, Arkansas | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Subfamily: | Cicadellinae |
Tribe: | Proconiini |
Genus: | Homalodisca |
Species: | H. insolita
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Binomial name | |
Homalodisca insolita (Walker, 1858)
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Synonyms | |
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Homalodisca insolita, the johnsongrass sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae. It is found in southern North America. [1] [2] It has been identified as a vector of Xylella fastidiosa, a crop-damaging bacterium, and it has been recorded spreading northwards into the south-eastern United States. [3] [4]
Homalodisca insolita | |
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Homalodisca insolita, johnsongrass sharpshooter, Arkansas | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Subfamily: | Cicadellinae |
Tribe: | Proconiini |
Genus: | Homalodisca |
Species: | H. insolita
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Binomial name | |
Homalodisca insolita (Walker, 1858)
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Synonyms | |
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Homalodisca insolita, the johnsongrass sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae. It is found in southern North America. [1] [2] It has been identified as a vector of Xylella fastidiosa, a crop-damaging bacterium, and it has been recorded spreading northwards into the south-eastern United States. [3] [4]