Lindbergina aurovittata
Length 3 to 3.5 mm. A small yellow leaf hopper. Forewings have longitudinal white stripes, and the apex is suffused with a even grey tint.
Ribautiana tenerrima also has striped forewings, but the apical grey markings are in spots. Alebra spp. are also striped, but have a forewing appendix (a clear zone without veins at the wing apex)
Good quality photographs taken from the side and top down.
deciduous trees (especially oak) and brambles.
Adult: August to November.
Common (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Occasional
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
14 February 2023
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, upper path
29 August 2025
nymph
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
18 October 2020
David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
02 September 2018
sue
Barlestone, Hut Spinney
31 August 2025
male paramere
sue
Barlestone, Hut Spinney
31 August 2025
dark sternites
sue
Barlestone, Hut Spinney
31 August 2025
male
sue
Barlestone, Hut Spinney
31 August 2025
male
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 14
- First record:
- 14/10/2017 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
18 October 2020
sue
Billa Barra LNR
30 August 2020
sue
Ibstock Cemetery
25 September 2025
sue
Ibstock Cemetery
25 September 2025
