Populicerus confusus
Populicerus confusus
Description
Length 5-7 mm. A yellow-green leafhopper associated with sallows. There may be some reddish-brown shading across the clavus and inner parts of forewings, some darker marks on pronotum. The face and vertex are also yellow-green, and nmarked.
Similar Species
Other Idiocerinae on sallows
Recording advice
Close examination of a specimen is needed. Provide photographs taken from top, side and face; and note the host plant.
Habitat
on sallows
When to see it
June to early October.
UK Status
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
VC55 Status
Few records, but probably under-recorded due to ID difficulty
Further Information
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020







