Anoscopus flavostriatus
Length 3.3 to 3.6 mm. Males have forewings with a distinctive pattern of black longitudinal streaks between pale veins. Females have plainer markings and may be impossible to identify.
other Anoscopus
Good quality photographs of males showing dorasal pattern required.
Found on grasses across the UK, usually in damp areas.
July to October.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Rarely recorded
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 27/07/2020 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 02/09/2020 (Cann, Alan)
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