Stats

Lifespan

4-6 months

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

North America

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

Glassy-winged sharpshooters are leafhoppers that feed on plants, causing significant economic damage in California. They can spread the plant-pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which can kill trees.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Homalodisca

Species

Homalodisca vitripennis