IFAS Extension
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (=coagulata) (Germar) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
andRussell Mizell III
Contacts: Amanda Hodges
Agriculture
Abstract
The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a large leafhopper species native to the southeastern United States. It is one of the main vectors of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a plant pathogen that causes a variety of plant diseases, including phony peach disease of peach and Pierce's disease of grape.
About this Publication
This document is EENY-274, one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology Department. Original publication date October 2002. Revised February 2013 and July 2020. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2026 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
How to Cite
Conklin, T., & Mizell, III, R. F. (1969). Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (suggested common name), Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae). EDIS, 2004(18). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in552-2004
Authors
Tracy Conklin
alum (M.S., 2006) UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL
Russell Mizell III
Specialist
University of Florida
professor emeritus, Extension entomologist; UF/IFAS Extension North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL
Contacts
Amanda Hodges
Specialist
University of Florida
Extension scientist and director, Doctor of Plant Medicine program, Department of Entomology and Nematology