Species
Graphocephala atropunctata (Blue-green sharpshooter)
Graphocephala atropunctata. Photo: (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Graphocephala atropunctata (Hordnia atropunctata) – called blue-green sharpshooter is a hemipteran bug endemic to California. It carries the phytopathogenic bacteria Xylella fastidiosa which infects the xylem of grape vines causing die-back – known as Pierce’s disease. This leads to loss of productivity and economic damage to the California vineyards.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (True hoppers)
- Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Spittlebugs, cicadas, leafhoppers and treehoppers)
- Superfamily: Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and treehoppers)
- Family: Cicadellidae (Typical leafhoppers)
- Subfamily: Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
- Tribe: Cicadellini
- Genus: Graphocephala
- Subgenus: Hordnia
- Species: Graphocephala atropunctata (Blue-green sharpshooter)
- Subgenus: Hordnia
- Genus: Graphocephala
- Tribe: Cicadellini
- Subfamily: Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
- Family: Cicadellidae (Typical leafhoppers)
- Superfamily: Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and treehoppers)
- Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Spittlebugs, cicadas, leafhoppers and treehoppers)
- Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (True hoppers)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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