EPPO Global Database

Homalodisca vitripennis(HOMLTR)

Distribution details in United States of America (California)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2006: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1997
From CABI Pest map 665 (2005): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Its spread to California in the 1990s drew attention to it as a more efficient vector of Xylella fastidiosa.
References
* Bextine B, Tuan SJ, Shaikh H, Blua M, Miller TA (2004) Evaluation of methods for extracting Xylella fastidiosa DNA from the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Journal of Economic Entomology 97(3), 757-763.

* Blua MJ, Redak RA, Morgan JW, Costa HS (2001) Seasonal flight activity of two Homalodisca species (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) that spread Xylella fastidiosa in Southern California. Journal of Economic Entomology, 94(6), 1506-1510.

* Hoddle MS (2004) The potential adventive geographic range of glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata and the grape pathogen Xylella fastidiosa: implications for California and other grape growing regions of the world. Crop Protection 23(8), 691-699.

* Leon JH de, Jones WA, Morgan DJW (2004) Population genetic structure of Homalodisca coagulata (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), the vector of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa causing Pierce's disease in grapevines. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(4), 809-818.

* Takiya MD, McKamey SH, Cavichioli RR (2006) Validity of Homalodisca and of H. vitripennis as the name for glassy-winged sharpshooter (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(4), 648-655.

* Sorensen JT, Gill J (1996) A range extension of Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Hemiptera: Clypeorrhyncha: Cicadelllidae) to southern California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 72, 160-161.

* Triapitsyn SV, Phillips PA (2000) First record of Gonatocerus triguttatus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from eggs of Homalodisca coagulata (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with notes on the distribution of the host. Florida Entomologist 83(2), 200-203.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, restricted distribution view...