Homalodisca insolita explained

Homalodisca insolita, the johnsongrass sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae. It is found in southern North America. 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.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Tipping . Christopher . Triapitsyn . Serguei V. . Iii . Russell F. Mizell . 2005 . https://bioone.org/journals/florida-entomologist/volume-88/issue-2/0015-4040_2005_088_0217_ANHRFT_2.0.CO_2/A-NEW-HOST-RECORD-FOR-THE-EGG-PARASITOID-PARACENTROBIA-AMERICANA/10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0217:ANHRFT2.0.CO;2.full A new host record for the Egg parasitoid Paracentrobia americana (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of the Proconiine Sharpshooter Homalodisca insolita (Walker) (Hemiptera: clypeorryncha: Cicadellidae) ]. Florida Entomologist . 88 . 2 . 217–218 . 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0217:ANHRFT]2.0.CO;2 . 0015-4040. free .
  2. Pollard . H. N. . Turner . W. F. . Kaloostian . G. H. . 1959-04-01 . Invasion of the Southeast by a Western Leafhopper, Homalodisca insolita . Journal of Economic Entomology . en . 52 . 2 . 359–360 . 10.1093/jee/52.2.359 . 1938-291X.

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