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]
| Homalodisca liturata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Homalodisca |
| Species: | H. liturata
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| Binomial name | |
| Homalodisca liturata Ball, 1901
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References
edit- ^ "Species Homalodisca liturata - Smoketree Sharpshooter". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "Smoketree Sharpshooter (Homalodisca liturata)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ a b Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. LCCN 93084264. OCLC 910654655.
- ^ 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:OOASIT]2.0.CO;2.
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