Macrotylus paykulli
Macrotylus paykulli
Length 3 to 4 mm. A parallel-sided grey-green species, characterised by a dense covering of coarse, dark hairs on the forewings and a distinctive wing membrane pattern with an irregular black mark at apex of membrane cells. The tibial spines are fine and inconspicuous. Basal antennal segment is dark and mainly black except base & apex.
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On Common Restharrow (Ononis repens).
Summer-Autumn.
Found across Britain in areas where the host plant occurs.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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