Length about 4 mm. Mottled red, but often visually indistinguishable from several other similarly coloured Psallus spp. The pronotum and forewings are covered in scale like pale hairs and the tibial spines arise from black spots. 

Other Psallus species. Species identification of Psallus based on external features is often difficult and frequently impossible. Identification is complex and ideally requires microscopic examination.

Dissection is required to differentiate P. confusus from other Psallus species.

Found on Oak

Summer

very common (British Heteroptera checklist (2021) - https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/systematic_het.html 

Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.