| 1316002 |
glassy-winged sharpshooter |
Homalodisca vitripennis |
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| 5382591 |
glassy-winged sharpshooter |
Homalodisca vitripennis |
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| 1263035 |
grass sharpshooter |
Draeculacephala minerva |
Green sharpshooter (female), vector of grapevine Pierce's disease (Xylella fastidiosa). |
| 1263033 |
blue-green sharpshooter |
Graphocephala atropunctata |
Blue-green sharpshooter, vector of grapevine Pierce's disease (Xylella fastidiosa). Adult (female) on grapevine. |
| 1355010 |
glassy-winged sharpshooter |
Homalodisca vitripennis |
The glassy-winged sharpshooter is the culprit behind the spread of Pierce's disease among grapevines. The insect infects the plant with the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa when it feeds on the sap from the xylem tissue of a vine. |