Biology:Homalodisca liturata

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Short description: Species of leafhopper

Homalodisca liturata
Smoketree Sharpshooter imported from iNaturalist photo 257413595 on 20 March 2024.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Homalodisca
Species:
H. liturata
Binomial name
Homalodisca liturata
Ball, 1901

Homalodisca liturata, also known as the smoketree sharpshooter or the lacertate sharpshooter,[1] is a species of leafhopper native to North America.[2] The smoketree sharpshooter uses a number of host species but prefers desert smoketree (Psorothamnus spinosus) where available.[3] This is a comparatively large leafhopper at approximately 13 millimeters long.[3] It, like other species in its genus, is a known vector of Xylella fastidiosa. Acoustic signaling is known to occur in both male and female smoketree sharpshooters.[4]

References

  1. "Species Homalodisca liturata - Smoketree Sharpshooter". https://bugguide.net/node/view/68300. 
  2. "Smoketree Sharpshooter (Homalodisca liturata)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143188-Homalodisca-liturata. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015) (in en-us). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. OCLC 910654655. 
  4. Percy, Diana M.; Boyd, Elizabeth A.; Hoddle, Mark S. (1 January 2008). "Observations of Acoustic Signaling in Three Sharpshooters: Homalodisca vitripennis, Homalodisca liturata, and Graphocephala atropunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (1): 253–259. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[253:OOASIT2.0.CO;2]. https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/101/1/253/8508. 


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