Aphrodes makarovi

Aphrodes makarovi

Description

Length 5.5 (males) to 7.5 mm. (females).   A large leafhopper with a sharply pointed vertex with a median keel. Very variable; base colour of forewings brownish with light diagonal stripes along pale wing veins.  

Similar Species

Other Aphrodes species

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Careful examination and measurement of the species is needed; not all specimens may be identifiable

When to see it

Adult: June to October.

UK Status

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

VC55 Status

Rarely recorded due to difficulty of identification to species, but may be common

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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

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