Eupteryx florida

Length 3 to 3.5 mm, associated wih various labiates, including Mint.   Identification of some Eupteryx species can be difficult and requires careful examination of markings on vertex, pronotum and forewings.   A small pale yellowish-green leafhopper with brown-ringed cells in the forewings.  It has a deeply incised black mark on the vertex.  Identification can be confirmed by examination of internal male genitalia.

other Eupteryx on labiates, including E thoulessi, E stachydearum, E decemnotata and E melissae

Good quality photographs in side-view and top down; dissection of male aedeagus.

Lamiaceae, including dead-nettle and mint.

Adult: April to November

Local (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)

occasional

https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Eupteryx_florida.html