Eupteryx signatipennis
Eupteryx signatipennis
Length 3 to 4 mm, associated with Meadowsweet. Identification of Eupteryx species can be difficult and requires careful examination of markings on vertex, pronotum and forewings. A pale leafhopper, with variably dark marking on forewings. The vertex and scutellum are variably dark-marked, and the pronotum is usually pale. The face is pale apart from a black spot at the base of each antenna. The forewings often have two black spots.
Good quality photographs in side-view and top down.
Filipendula ulmariae, Meadowsweet, damp areas
Adult: June to October.
Local (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Rarely recorded
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