Hyledelphax elegantula
Hyledelphax elegantula
Length 2.5 to 3.5 mm. Usually brachypterous. Head and pronotum pale with some darker markings in male. Pale whitish forewings, and a dark frons with prominaent white keels. Sexually dimorphic; males have a dark scutellum with a white tip and darker abdomen; females are paler. Males can be identified by the large semicircular groove in the side of the genital segment at the end of the abdomen.
Good quality photos, ideally from a specimen, from top down, side view and of face. Dissection of male genitalia will help to confirm ID
Grasslands
Adult: April to September.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Few records; probably under-recorded
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