Arocephalus punctum

Arocephalus punctum

Description

A small brown hopper associated with dry grasslands.  It has a dark spot in the sub-apical cell of the forewing, two white/hyaline triangles near the wing apex along costal margin, and a dark streak down the centre of vertex.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good photographs, preferably of a specimen, required

Habitat

Dry grassland

UK Status

Common (ref UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist updated 2021 (https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/systematic_auc.html)

VC55 Status

Rarely recorded; probably overlooked

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

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All NatureSpot records