Arocephalus punctum
A small brown hopper associated with dry grasslands. It has a dark spot in the sub-apical cell of the forewing, two white/hyaline triangles near the wing apex along costal margin, and a dark streak down the centre of vertex.
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Dry grassland
Common (ref UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist updated 2021 (https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/systematic_auc.html)
Rarely recorded; probably overlooked
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, SW-facing field
29 August 2025
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, SW-facing field
29 August 2025
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, SW-facing field
29 August 2025
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- 29/08/2025 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 29/08/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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