Cicadula flori
A small yellow-green or yellow-orange leafhopper associated with sedges. The vertex usually has small dark spots, but may be unspotted. As with all Cicadula, females are very difficult or impossible to identify with certainty, and examination of internal male genitalia is needed.
Other Cicadula
males 
Dissecton of male is needed; also submit photos of a specimen or good field photos.
Tall sedges - Wet meadows, fens, margins of waterbodies, etc.
First recorded in Britain in 1979. Notable B (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Rare
sue
Leicester, Watermead CP, south, Mammoth lake
13 September 2025
male, on a pond-sedge
sue
Leicester, Watermead CP, south, Mammoth lake
13 September 2025
sue
Leicester, Watermead CP, south, Mammoth lake
13 September 2025
apex of aedeagus
sue
Leicester, Watermead CP, south, Mammoth lake
13 September 2025
male aedeagus
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- First record:
- 13/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 30/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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