Arthaldeus pascuellus
Length 3 to 4 mm. A small greenish leafhopper. There are two short dark streaks at the tip of the vertex, and the frons (face) does not have a central longitudinal pale streak.
Arthaldeus striifrons and A arenarius both have a pale longitudinal streak down the frons. A striifrons has been recorded in VC55
Good quality photographs showing vertex, and if possible, the face (frons).
Dry grasslands.
Adult: June to November.
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Frequent
David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
17 November 2018
David Gould
Enderby, Everards Meadows
10 October 2019
AJ Cann
Leicester Palmerston Way
22 July 2020
David Nicholls
Lodge Farm, Hoby
04 July 2024
David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
17 November 2018
AJ Cann
Frisby Gravel Pits
11 August 2025
vertex
David Nicholls
Lodge Farm, Hoby
04 July 2024
AJ Cann
Frisby Gravel Pits
11 August 2025
aedeagus
AJ Cann
Frisby Gravel Pits
11 August 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 15
- First record:
- 19/09/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 21/08/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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AJ Cann
Leicester Palmerston Way
22 July 2020
Female
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
04 November 2020
David Gould
Enderby, Everards Meadows
10 October 2019
sue
Nailstone Wiggs
30 June 2024
