Graphocephala atropunctata

Graphocephala atropunctata, commonly known as the blue-green sharpshooter, is a hemipteran bug endemic to California.[1] 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.

Graphocephala atropunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Graphocephala
Species:
G. atropunctata
Binomial name
Graphocephala atropunctata
(Signoret, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Hordnia atropunctata

References

  1. "Blue-green Sharpshooter". School of Biological Sciences,University of California, Irvine. Retrieved 30 November 2017.


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