Centrotus cornutus
Length about 10 mm. One of only two UK treehoppers. It has horn-like projections on the pronotum
The other UK treehopper, Gargara genistae, is associated with broom and is smaller than C. cornutus and lacks the 'horns' on the pronotum.
Good photographs taken in the field or from a specimen
On a range of plants in woodland rides and similar habitats.
Adult: April-August.
Local (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Cloud Wood
30 May 2021
Jan Dawson
Clipsham Quarry
16 June 2013
AJ Cann
Cloud Wood
30 May 2021
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
01 July 2012
c butterfield
Ketton Quarry
21 June 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Tree Hopper
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Membracidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 01/07/2012 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 30/05/2021 (Cann, Alan)
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Matthew Berriman
Ketton Quarry NR
21 June 2019
Horned Treehopper (Centrotus cornutus)
