Deltocephalus pulicaris

Description

Length 2.5 to 3.5 mm. A small dark leafhopper with brownish wings and vertex.  The vertex usually has a number of small dark spots. 

Similar Species

Deltocephalus maculiceps.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good photographs from a specimen required. 

Habitat

Grassland. 

When to see it

Summer- autumn.

UK Status
VC55 Status

Occasional

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Species profile

Species group:
Bugs
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Cicadellidae
Records on NatureSpot:
5
First record:
29/09/2021 (Cann, Alan)
Last record:
21/08/2025 (Timms, Sue)

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