Populicerus albicans

Populicerus albicans

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Alternative names
Idiocerus albicans
Description

Length 5.4-5.9mm (male), 6.4-7.0mm (female). A pale, whitish leafhopper associated with Grey or White Poplars.  Females are uniformly greyish; males may have darker marks on pronotum.  

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good photographs in the field or from a specimen; note the host plant

Habitat

On Populus alba (White Poplar) and P. x canescens (Grey Poplar).

When to see it

July to September.

UK Status

Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021, on British Bugs website)

VC55 Status

Occasional

Further Information

https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_albicans.html

  • David Gould
    Braunstone, footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
    11 July 2021
    male, on Grey/White Poplar
  • David Gould
    Braunstone, footpath Fosse Park to Spearwort Fields
    11 July 2021
    male

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