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title: "Glassy-winged Sharpshooter"
description: "Homalodisca vitripennis — Insetos e aranhas. The glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis, formerly known as H."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/glassy-winged-sharpshooter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

> Homalodisca vitripennis — Insetos e aranhas. The glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis, formerly known as H.

- Scientific name: *Homalodisca vitripennis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13888
- Wikidata: [Q280362](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q280362)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199381](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199381)

## Names

- en: Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
- es: Chicharrita de alas cristalinas
- fr: Mouche pisseuse

## Countries with the most observations

US (10940), MX (104), PF (35), CK (6)

## Summary

The glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis, formerly known as H. coagulata) is a large leafhopper (family Cicadellidae), similar to other species of sharpshooter. It is native to southeastern United States. It is of economic concern in California because it can spread the plant-pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassy-winged_sharpshooter

## Photo

![Glassy-winged Sharpshooter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/glassy-winged-sharpshooter/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10723064

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/glassy-winged-sharpshooter?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).