Contacyphon padi

Contacyphon padi

Description

2.3-2.5mm. Head dark and pronotum usually dark too. The elytra are parellel-sided and yellow-brown but with darker areas. Covered in short scale-like hairs, though the disc of the pronotum is generally bare. Both the pronotum and the head are finely punctured.

Identification difficulty
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)
  • 2.3-2.5mm
  • parallel sided
  • head and pronotum finely punctured
  • elytra yellow-brown but with darker areas
  • head and pronotum darker than the elytra
  • liberally covered in hairs (except for pronotum disc)
  • bases of the antennae darkened
Habitat

Marshy areas.

UK Status

Fairly common and widespread.

VC55 Status

Uncommon but probably under-recorded.

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