''Homalodisca''
[Stål C (1869) ''Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handlingar'' 8(1): 1–130.] is a genus of
sharpshooters
A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19th-century combat. Along with " marksman" and "expert", "sharpshooter" ...
in the family
Cicadellidae and
tribe
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Proconiini
The name sharpshooter is used to refer to any of various genera and species of large leafhoppers in the tribe Proconiini of the family Cicadellidae. As with all cicadellids, they have piercing-sucking mouthparts and closely spaced rows of fine ...
. It contains a significant pest species, the
Glassy-winged sharpshooter.
Species
The
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic I ...
lists:
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Homalodisca admittens''
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Homalodisca apicalis''
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Homalodisca cornuta''
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Homalodisca elongata''
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Homalodisca excludens''
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Homalodisca hambletoni''
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Homalodisca ichthyocephala''
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Homalodisca ignorata''
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Homalodisca ignota''
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Homalodisca indefensa''
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Homalodisca insolita''
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Homalodisca liturata''
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Homalodisca lucernaria''
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Homalodisca nitida''
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Homalodisca noressa''
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Homalodisca robusta''
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Homalodisca spottii''
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Homalodisca vitripennis
The glassy-winged sharpshooter (''Homalodisca vitripennis'', formerly known as ''H. coagulata'') is a large leafhopper (family Cicadellidae), similar to other species of sharpshooter.
Description
These sharpshooters are about in length. Thei ...
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Gallery
File:Homalodisca.jpg
File:Homalodisca vitripennis 1316002.jpg
File:Homalodisca vitripennis 5367978.jpg
File:Homalodisca vitripennis 5367979.jpg
References
External links
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Proconiini
Auchenorrhyncha genera