Homalodisca insolita
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| Homalodisca insolita | |
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| Homalodisca insolita, johnsongrass sharpshooter, Arkansas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadellinae |
| Tribe: | Proconiini |
| Genus: | Homalodisca |
| Species: | H. insolita |
| Binomial name | |
| Homalodisca insolita (Walker, 1858) | |
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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]
