Deltocephalus pulicaris
Length 2.5 to 3.5 mm. Deltocephalus species have dark brownish wings and the vertex usually has dark spots on the vertex. In D. pulicaris the vertex has a number of small spots (often two) which are small and quite close together. The forewing cells are largely dark-marked; the femora are dark with paler tips and the hind tibiae entirely black.
Deltocephalus maculiceps.
Can be identified by external features at 5-10X magnification.
Good photographs required.
Grassland.
Summer- autumn.
Seems to be fairly common in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
29 September 2021
AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
29 September 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 29/09/2021 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 30/08/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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