Macustus grisescens
Macustus grisescens
Description
Length 5 to 6 mm. A brown leafhopper with pale veins on the forewings, and two curved dark lines on the tip of the vertex. There is a dark mark behind the eye, seen in side view.
Similar Species
other Deltocephaline leafhoppers
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
good photographs, preferably from a specimen - from top, side and front.
Habitat
Grassland
When to see it
Adult: May to September.
UK Status
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
VC55 Status
occasional
Further Information
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
25 May 2013
sue
Thornton Meadows (N part near MUGA)
02 June 2025
Graham Calow
Sapcote
17 May 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
17 May 2012
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
28 April 2019
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
28 April 2019
sue
Thornton Meadows (N part near MUGA)
02 June 2025
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
30 May 2019
male
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
28 April 2019
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