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Homalodisca liturata
Scientific classification
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, is a species of leafhopper native to North America. The smoketree sharpshooter uses a number of host species but prefers desert smoketree (Psorothamnus spinosus) where available. This is a comparatively large leafhopper at approximately 13 millimeters long. 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.

References

1. "Species Homalodisca liturata - Smoketree Sharpshooter". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
2. "Smoketree Sharpshooter (Homalodisca liturata)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
3. ^ 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.
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:OOASIT]2.0.CO;2.

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