Eupteryx atropunctata
Eupteryx atropunctata
Length 3.5 mm. Identification of Eupteryx species can be difficult and requires careful examination of markings on vertex, pronotum and forewings. Greenish-yellow ground colour with dark spots or streaks on the forewings, including a spot on the costal margin. 2 black spots on vertex. There are large black spots on the pronotum and sometimes a pair of smaller central spots.
Other Eupteryx, especially the very common E aurata, the Potato leafhopper, which is larger and usually more strongly marked.
Good quality photographs in side-view and top down.
According to Le Quesne and British Bugs website, 'Mainly mallow, potato and sage'. Biedermann & Niedringhaus state 'various tall herbs, esp Lamiaceae'.
Adult: May to October.
Local (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
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